Merit Financial Group LLC Grows Position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Merit Financial Group LLC increased its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 133.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 244,511 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 139,592 shares during the period. Merit Financial Group LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $29,385,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of IJR. Westmount Partners LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Westmount Partners LLC now owns 26,052 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,131,000 after buying an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. Lazari Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. Lazari Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,901 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $709,000 after acquiring an additional 80 shares during the last quarter. Centurion Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.1% during the fourth quarter. Centurion Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,535 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $906,000 after acquiring an additional 81 shares during the last quarter. Intergy Private Wealth LLC raised its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Intergy Private Wealth LLC now owns 14,545 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,748,000 after purchasing an additional 81 shares during the period. Finally, Obermeyer Wealth Partners raised its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.5% during the third quarter. Obermeyer Wealth Partners now owns 17,999 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,139,000 after purchasing an additional 83 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 66.92% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of IJR opened at $132.69 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $98.64 billion, a PE ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.02. The business has a fifty day moving average of $127.57 and a 200 day moving average of $123.70. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 52-week low of $93.37 and a 52-week high of $133.52.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Profile

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, formerly iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index Fund, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Standard & Poor’s SmallCap 600 Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of publicly traded securities in the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market. The Index serves as the underlying index for the S&P 600/Citigroup Growth and Value Index series. The component stocks are weighted according to the total float-adjusted market value of their outstanding shares.