7,222 iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF $IJT Shares Sold by Fifth Third Securities Inc.

Fifth Third Securities Inc. decreased its stake in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IJT) by 53.5% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 6,281 shares of the company’s stock after selling 7,222 shares during the period. Fifth Third Securities Inc.’s holdings in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF were worth $1,007,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 1.0% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,046,459 shares of the company’s stock valued at $296,143,000 after acquiring an additional 19,746 shares in the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada increased its holdings in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 4.0% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 339,450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,121,000 after acquiring an additional 13,190 shares during the last quarter. Beaumont Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 1.2% in the 1st quarter. Beaumont Financial Advisors LLC now owns 249,133 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,052,000 after purchasing an additional 3,035 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 18.2% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 203,028 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,380,000 after purchasing an additional 31,251 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Falcon Wealth Planning lifted its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 6.2% in the 1st quarter. Falcon Wealth Planning now owns 178,532 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,835,000 after purchasing an additional 10,478 shares in the last quarter. 55.81% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF Stock Down 0.2%

IJT opened at $161.80 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $166.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $166.59. iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $132.98 and a 52 week high of $179.68. The company has a market capitalization of $7.58 billion, a PE ratio of 20.21 and a beta of 1.05.

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

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 18th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th were issued a $0.36 dividend. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. This is a positive change from iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.2566. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 15th.

About iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF

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. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.