iShares Russell 2000 ETF $IWM Stake Boosted by Fifth Third Securities Inc.

Fifth Third Securities Inc. lifted its position in iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) by 24.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 26,907 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,324 shares during the period. Fifth Third Securities Inc.’s holdings in iShares Russell 2000 ETF were worth $7,477,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 6.6% in the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 3,187,467 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $790,492,000 after purchasing an additional 197,189 shares in the last quarter. AIA Group Ltd grew its position in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 181.5% during the 1st quarter. AIA Group Ltd now owns 1,864,118 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $462,301,000 after purchasing an additional 1,201,808 shares during the last quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 12.0% in the first quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,603,667 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $397,709,000 after buying an additional 171,918 shares in the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 61.6% in the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 957,068 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $237,353,000 after buying an additional 364,779 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC raised its holdings in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 10.9% in the 2nd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 712,746 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $214,144,000 after acquiring an additional 70,330 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF stock traded up $1.13 on Wednesday, reaching $276.91. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 7,421,272 shares, compared to its average volume of 30,772,412. iShares Russell 2000 ETF has a 52 week low of $228.90 and a 52 week high of $305.18. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $287.88 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $286.72. The company has a market capitalization of $79.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.69 and a beta of 1.13.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Profile

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell 2000 Index (the Index). The Index is a float-adjusted capitalization weighted index that measures the performance of the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market and includes securities issued by the approximately 2,000 smallest issuers in the Russell 3000 Index. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.