BLB&B Advisors LLC Trims Position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

BLB&B Advisors LLC lowered its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 24.3% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 497,350 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 160,015 shares during the period. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF makes up about 2.6% of BLB&B Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest position. BLB&B Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $59,100,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IJR. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 11,144.8% during the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 13,728,611 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,500,400,000 after purchasing an additional 13,606,522 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 5.8% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 41,302,922 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,513,996,000 after buying an additional 2,252,323 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC raised its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 50.8% during the 2nd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 3,754,934 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $410,377,000 after buying an additional 1,265,540 shares during the period. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp lifted its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 7,143.6% in the second quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp now owns 889,517 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $97,215,000 after buying an additional 877,237 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 264.3% in the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 847,352 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $92,607,000 after buying an additional 614,785 shares during the period. 66.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Down 1.8%

Shares of IJR stock opened at $128.09 on Friday. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 12-month low of $89.22 and a 12-month high of $131.64. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $122.63 and a 200-day moving average of $118.63. The company has a market capitalization of $94.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.08.

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.