Legal & General Group Plc Cuts Position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Legal & General Group Plc trimmed its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 21.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 90,579 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 25,082 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $10,889,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 42,327,458 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,029,772,000 after buying an additional 1,024,536 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.0% during 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 buying an additional 79,334 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 35.0% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 6,236,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $749,473,000 after buying an additional 1,617,116 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.1% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 5,507,552 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $601,837,000 after buying an additional 112,747 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 60.1% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 5,138,062 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $610,556,000 after buying an additional 1,928,405 shares during the period. 66.92% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

IJR stock opened at $138.45 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $133.33 and its 200 day moving average price is $127.87. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a fifty-two week low of $105.15 and a fifty-two week high of $140.53. The firm has a market capitalization of $103.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.02.

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.