Commonwealth Equity Services LLC Decreases Stock Position in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF $IJT

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lessened its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IJT) by 1.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 499,359 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,926 shares during the period. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC’s holdings in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF were worth $66,435,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp purchased a new position in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $71,000. First Horizon Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 5.8% in the second quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 29,035 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,863,000 after purchasing an additional 1,592 shares during the last quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 3.0% in the second quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 10,508 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,398,000 after buying an additional 305 shares during the period. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 23.2% during the 2nd quarter. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC now owns 104,671 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,925,000 after buying an additional 19,705 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its holdings in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 13.4% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 49,042 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,525,000 after buying an additional 5,805 shares during the last quarter. 55.81% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of IJT opened at $138.89 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.21 and a beta of 1.09. iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $107.38 and a twelve month high of $152.05. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $141.12 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $134.90.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 16th were paid a $0.314 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 16th. This is a boost from iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. This represents a $1.26 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF Profile

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF, formerly iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index Fund (the Fund), seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the small-capitalization growth sector of the United States equity market and consists of those stocks in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index exhibiting the strongest growth characteristics.