Principal Financial Group Inc. Purchases 200,252 Shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 147.8% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 335,765 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 200,252 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $40,352,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of IJR. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 24.3% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 29,944 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,450,000 after purchasing an additional 5,853 shares during the period. Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $55,011,000. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 80.7% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 17,964 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,878,000 after purchasing an additional 8,025 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC purchased a new stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF in the first quarter worth about $5,503,000. Finally, United Bank grew its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 4.8% in the second quarter. United Bank now owns 32,876 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,593,000 after purchasing an additional 1,495 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 66.92% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IJR opened at $138.35 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $103.30 billion, a PE ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.03. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a fifty-two week low of $102.57 and a fifty-two week high of $139.49. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $128.97 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $125.42.

About iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

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.