Mason Street Advisors LLC Invests $76.80 Million in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Mason Street Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 639,005 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $76,796,000. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF accounts for about 7.6% of Mason Street Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 5th largest holding.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.5% during the third 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 buying an additional 1,024,536 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 549.5% during the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 14,885,601 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,763,740,000 after buying an additional 12,593,909 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.1% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 5,507,552 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $601,837,000 after buying an additional 112,747 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 60.1% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 5,138,062 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $610,556,000 after buying an additional 1,928,405 shares during the period. Finally, Truist Financial Corp lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 14.0% during the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 4,644,219 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $558,142,000 after buying an additional 569,647 shares during the period. 66.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Trading Down 1.1%

NYSEARCA:IJR opened at $135.79 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $129.37 and a 200-day simple moving average of $125.80. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 12 month low of $102.57 and a 12 month high of $139.49. The company has a market capitalization of $101.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.03.

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.