iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) Sets New 52-Week High – Still a Buy?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $137.90 and last traded at $137.69, with a volume of 679018 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $136.17.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Trading Up 1.6%

The stock has a market capitalization of $103.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.03. The company’s 50-day moving average is $128.50 and its two-hundred day moving average is $125.00.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of IJR. Nvwm LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP increased its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 197.6% during the 3rd quarter. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP now owns 244 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 162 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 85.4% during the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 254 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 117 shares during the period. Bank & Trust Co acquired a new position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, New Millennium Group LLC increased its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 105.3% during the 3rd quarter. New Millennium Group LLC now owns 308 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $37,000 after buying an additional 158 shares during the period. 66.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

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.