Whittier Trust Co. Purchases 22,705 Shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Whittier Trust Co. lifted its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 3.4% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 695,194 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 22,705 shares during the period. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF makes up about 0.9% of Whittier Trust Co.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest position. Whittier Trust Co.’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $86,705,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Nvwm LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP boosted its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 197.6% during the third quarter. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP now owns 244 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 162 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 85.4% during the third quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 254 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 117 shares during the period. Bank & Trust Co bought a new position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Finally, New Millennium Group LLC boosted its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 105.3% during the third quarter. New Millennium Group LLC now owns 308 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 158 shares during the period. 66.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

IJR stock opened at $132.69 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $127.57 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $123.70. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a one year low of $93.37 and a one year high of $133.52. The stock has a market cap of $98.64 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.