Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Lowers Holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. trimmed its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 9.2% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 5,822,336 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 586,460 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $699,728,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of IJR. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 24.3% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 29,944 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,450,000 after buying an additional 5,853 shares during the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $55,011,000. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 80.7% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 17,964 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,878,000 after purchasing an additional 8,025 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the 1st quarter worth $5,503,000. Finally, United Bank boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 4.8% during the 2nd quarter. United Bank now owns 32,876 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,593,000 after purchasing an additional 1,495 shares in the last quarter. 66.92% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA IJR opened at $138.45 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $103.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.02. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a one year low of $105.15 and a one year high of $140.53. The company’s fifty day moving average is $133.33 and its two-hundred day moving average is $127.87.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Company 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.