Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Purchases 3,906 Shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF $IJT

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IJT) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 3,906 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $626,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of IJT. Park Avenue Securities LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $5,304,000. Apollon Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 4.9% in the third quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,454 shares of the company’s stock worth $874,000 after buying an additional 256 shares during the period. Sigma Planning Corp purchased a new position in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF in the third quarter worth $8,224,000. Valley National Advisers Inc. bought a new stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $285,000. Finally, Signaturefd LLC bought a new stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $28,000. 55.81% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF Trading Up 1.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:IJT opened at $167.32 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $164.35 and a 200-day moving average price of $161.66. The company has a market cap of $7.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.21 and a beta of 1.06. iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $132.98 and a 12 month high of $179.68.

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

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

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