Anchor Capital Advisors LLC Has $44.40 Million Stock Holdings in iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF $IWS

Anchor Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:IWS) by 46.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 314,790 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 100,567 shares during the period. Anchor Capital Advisors LLC owned about 0.32% of iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF worth $44,401,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its holdings in iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF by 1,160.7% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 3,565,153 shares of the company’s stock worth $502,865,000 after purchasing an additional 3,282,372 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in shares of iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF by 397.2% during the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 248,581 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,847,000 after purchasing an additional 198,581 shares in the last quarter. First Citizens Investor Services Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF during the third quarter worth about $19,665,000. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF during the third quarter worth about $18,761,000. Finally, Allworth Financial LP increased its stake in shares of iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF by 2,432.2% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 116,762 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,469,000 after buying an additional 112,151 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.17% of the company’s stock.

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA IWS opened at $161.85 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $153.60 and a 200 day simple moving average of $148.48. The firm has a market cap of $15.42 billion, a PE ratio of 19.11 and a beta of 0.96. iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF has a 1 year low of $127.69 and a 1 year high of $162.04.

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF Profile

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares Russell Midcap Value Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell Midcap Value Index (the Value Index). The Value Index measures the performance of the mid-capitalization value sector of the United States equity market. The Value Index is a subset of the Russell Midcap Index and measures the performance of equity securities issued by those Russell Midcap Index companies with relatively lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth.