SG Americas Securities LLC Trims Stock Position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

SG Americas Securities LLC lessened its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 71.6% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 8,907 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 22,462 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $1,107,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in IJR. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 6.0% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 33,605,423 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,038,700,000 after buying an additional 1,901,134 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC raised its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 35.0% in 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 acquiring an additional 1,617,116 shares during the period. Valpey Financial Services LLC raised its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 12,132.4% in the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 1,405,019 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $168,855,000 after acquiring an additional 1,393,533 shares during the period. Nationwide Fund Advisors boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 98.8% during the 4th quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors now owns 2,103,860 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $252,842,000 after acquiring an additional 1,045,425 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.5% during the 3rd 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 acquiring an additional 1,024,536 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 66.92% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

Shares of IJR stock opened at $146.48 on Friday. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 1 year low of $107.08 and a 1 year high of $149.35. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $139.82 and a 200-day moving average price of $131.49. The company has a market cap of $109.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.01.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 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.