Focus Partners Wealth Buys 677,198 Shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Focus Partners Wealth boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 63.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,745,654 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 677,198 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $209,791,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 42,562,587 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,115,172,000 after purchasing an additional 235,129 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley raised its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 18,064,089 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,170,943,000 after acquiring an additional 86,538 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 6.0% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 17,525,618 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,106,229,000 after acquiring an additional 992,984 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 7,957,626 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $956,347,000 after acquiring an additional 79,334 shares during the period. Finally, Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C. raised its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C. now owns 7,821,522 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $939,990,000 after acquiring an additional 46,974 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 66.92% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Trading Up 1.0%

IJR opened at $143.67 on Friday. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 1-year low of $105.15 and a 1-year high of $144.68. The company has a market capitalization of $107.27 billion, a PE ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.02. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $135.66 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $129.03.

About iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

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.