Dagco Inc. Acquires New Stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF $IUSG

Dagco Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IUSG) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 2,815 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $437,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 12,213 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,702,000 after buying an additional 199 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 35.4% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 110,110 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,993,000 after acquiring an additional 28,807 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP bought a new stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF in the second quarter worth about $1,994,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 4.4% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 44,097 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,632,000 after acquiring an additional 1,842 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 1.3% in the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 237,423 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,708,000 after acquiring an additional 3,047 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ IUSG opened at $182.85 on Friday. iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $147.54 and a twelve month high of $193.85. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $183.99 and a two-hundred day moving average of $171.77. The company has a market capitalization of $30.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.52 and a beta of 1.17.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a dividend of $0.2356 per share. This is a boost from iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. This represents a $0.94 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Profile

The iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (IUSG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 900 Growth index. The fund tracks an index of US large- and mid-cap growth stocks. The index selects from stocks ranked 1-3000 by market cap based on fundamental growth factors. IUSG was launched on Jul 24, 2000 and is managed by BlackRock.