Littlejohn Financial Services Inc. Invests $2.72 Million in iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF $IYK

Littlejohn Financial Services Inc. purchased a new position in iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:IYK) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 40,601 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,717,000. iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF comprises 2.0% of Littlejohn Financial Services Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 16th largest holding. Littlejohn Financial Services Inc. owned 0.23% of iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF by 10,421.9% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 56,383,123 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,773,159,000 after buying an additional 55,847,256 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF by 54.2% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 961,699 shares of the company’s stock worth $67,781,000 after buying an additional 338,017 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF by 7.3% in the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 501,782 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,317,000 after buying an additional 33,969 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF by 398.8% in the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 249,432 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,059,000 after buying an additional 199,428 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF by 1,977.7% in the 2nd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 186,389 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,137,000 after buying an additional 177,418 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF Stock Down 0.4%

iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF stock opened at $72.23 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.18 and a beta of 0.42. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $70.88 and its 200 day moving average is $70.17. iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF has a twelve month low of $65.21 and a twelve month high of $77.70.

iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF Company Profile

iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares Dow Jones U.S .Consumer Goods Sector Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of United States consumer goods stocks, as represented by the Dow Jones United States Consumer Goods Index. The Underlying Index measures the performance of the consumer goods sector of the United States equity market. The Underlying Index includes companies in a range of industry groups, which include automobiles and parts, beverages, food producers, household goods, leisure goods, personal goods and tobacco.