Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL Acquires 4,486 Shares of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF $ITA

Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL boosted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (BATS:ITA) by 225.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 6,473 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,486 shares during the period. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL’s holdings in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF were worth $1,390,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of ITA. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in shares of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 11.5% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 3,152,397 shares of the company’s stock valued at $676,788,000 after purchasing an additional 325,026 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 6.1% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,993,497 shares of the company’s stock valued at $642,674,000 after buying an additional 171,385 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 13.2% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 1,270,586 shares of the company’s stock valued at $272,782,000 after buying an additional 148,199 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 49.7% during the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 912,502 shares of the company’s stock valued at $190,950,000 after buying an additional 302,774 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 12.9% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 877,965 shares of the company’s stock valued at $183,684,000 after acquiring an additional 100,299 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF Stock Performance

Shares of ITA opened at $238.99 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $227.11 and its 200 day moving average is $227.20. iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF has a fifty-two week low of $177.56 and a fifty-two week high of $250.65. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.52 billion, a PE ratio of 34.35 and a beta of 0.87.

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF Profile

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF, formerly iShares Dow Jones U.S. Aerospace & Defense Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the aerospace and defense sector of the United States equity market. Aerospace companies include manufacturers, assemblers and distributors of aircraft and aircraft parts.