Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Buys 48,975 Shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 3.1% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 1,604,971 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 48,975 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $199,514,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Sylvest Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.2% during the 1st quarter. Sylvest Advisors LLC now owns 94,929 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $11,801,000 after buying an additional 1,168 shares during the last quarter. Wilkins Miller Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 13.2% in the first quarter. Wilkins Miller Wealth Management LLC now owns 15,446 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,920,000 after acquiring an additional 1,803 shares during the period. MRA Advisory Group bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF in the first quarter worth $201,000. Caldwell Trust Co increased its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 3.9% during the first quarter. Caldwell Trust Co now owns 97,715 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $12,147,000 after acquiring an additional 3,650 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wernau Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF in the first quarter valued at about $206,000. 66.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:IJR opened at $147.41 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $138.59 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $130.65. The stock has a market capitalization of $110.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.02. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 52-week low of $107.08 and a 52-week high of $147.60.

About iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

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.