Pittenger & Anderson Inc. Acquires 8,685 Shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Pittenger & Anderson Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 4.4% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 207,943 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,685 shares during the quarter. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF makes up approximately 1.0% of Pittenger & Anderson Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest position. Pittenger & Anderson Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $25,849,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Livet Wealth LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.2% in the first quarter. Livet Wealth LLC now owns 6,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $778,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares during the period. Pasadena Private Wealth LLC increased its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Pasadena Private Wealth LLC now owns 10,543 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,267,000 after acquiring an additional 76 shares during the period. Flavin Financial Services Inc. raised its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Flavin Financial Services Inc. now owns 18,630 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,239,000 after purchasing an additional 78 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 4,651 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $559,000 after purchasing an additional 78 shares during the period. Finally, Westmount Partners LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Westmount Partners LLC now owns 26,052 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,131,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.92% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Up 0.1%

NYSEARCA IJR traded up $0.09 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $145.56. The company had a trading volume of 2,329,584 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,445,955. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $140.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $132.29. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a fifty-two week low of $107.08 and a fifty-two week high of $149.35. The stock has a market cap of $109.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.01.

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.