Brookstone Capital Management Boosts Holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Brookstone Capital Management increased its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 12.0% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 49,466 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,284 shares during the quarter. Brookstone Capital Management’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $6,149,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 6.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 33,605,423 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,038,700,000 after buying an additional 1,901,134 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 35.0% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 6,236,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $749,473,000 after buying an additional 1,617,116 shares during the last quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 12,132.4% during the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 1,405,019 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $168,855,000 after buying an additional 1,393,533 shares during the last quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors increased its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 98.8% during the fourth quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors now owns 2,103,860 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $252,842,000 after acquiring an additional 1,045,425 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its position 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 valued at $5,029,772,000 after acquiring an additional 1,024,536 shares in the last quarter. 66.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of NYSEARCA IJR opened at $142.77 on Wednesday. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a twelve month low of $107.08 and a twelve month high of $145.06. The firm has a market cap of $106.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.02. The company has a 50 day moving average of $137.76 and a 200 day moving average of $130.20.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 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.