Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Raises Stock Position in iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF $IWS

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC raised its position in iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:IWS) by 431.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 19,404 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 15,754 shares during the quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF were worth $2,737,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF by 1.6% during the third quarter. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC now owns 992,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $138,632,000 after purchasing an additional 15,603 shares in the last quarter. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. grew its position in shares of iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. now owns 2,698,999 shares of the company’s stock valued at $376,969,000 after buying an additional 80,032 shares during the last quarter. Anchor Capital Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF by 10.5% in the 3rd quarter. Anchor Capital Advisors LLC now owns 214,223 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,920,000 after buying an additional 20,298 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF by 1,496.5% during the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 98,487 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,756,000 after acquiring an additional 92,318 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Secure Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF during the 4th quarter worth $1,817,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 80.17% of the company’s stock.

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of IWS opened at $157.39 on Thursday. iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF has a 1-year low of $125.56 and a 1-year high of $159.71. The stock has a market cap of $15.00 billion, a PE ratio of 19.11 and a beta of 0.96. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $150.88 and a 200 day moving average price of $146.70.

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF Profile

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares Russell Midcap Value Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell Midcap Value Index (the Value Index). The Value Index measures the performance of the mid-capitalization value sector of the United States equity market. The Value Index is a subset of the Russell Midcap Index and measures the performance of equity securities issued by those Russell Midcap Index companies with relatively lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth.