Centaurus Financial Inc. Sells 95,174 Shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF $IUSV

Centaurus Financial Inc. lessened its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF (NASDAQ:IUSV) by 57.2% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 71,183 shares of the company’s stock after selling 95,174 shares during the quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF were worth $7,278,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Auto Owners Insurance Co grew its position in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 15,983.5% during the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 138,961,020 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,896,102,000 after acquiring an additional 138,097,020 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 3.9% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 83,401,630 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,552,003,000 after purchasing an additional 3,168,089 shares during the last quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 10,060.9% in the 4th quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 2,962,216 shares of the company’s stock worth $303,746,000 after purchasing an additional 2,933,063 shares during the period. Venturi Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 455.2% in the 4th quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,297,346 shares of the company’s stock worth $133,030,000 after purchasing an additional 1,063,672 shares during the period. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 8,501.9% in the fourth quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 695,290 shares of the company’s stock valued at $71,295,000 after purchasing an additional 687,207 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of NASDAQ IUSV opened at $112.62 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $110.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $107.41. iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF has a 1-year low of $93.91 and a 1-year high of $113.86. The firm has a market cap of $27.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.41 and a beta of 0.83.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a dividend of $0.4504 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.6%. This is a boost from iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.39.

About iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

The iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF (IUSV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 900 Value index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap value stocks in the US. The index selects from stocks ranked 1-3000 by market-cap based on 3 value factors. IUSV was launched on Jul 24, 2000 and is managed by BlackRock.