Merit Financial Group LLC Boosts Stock Position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Merit Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 4.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 104,918 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,205 shares during the period. Merit Financial Group LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $12,467,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IJR. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 24.3% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 29,944 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,450,000 after purchasing an additional 5,853 shares during the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $55,011,000. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.8% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 6,918 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $723,000 after buying an additional 191 shares during the period. Trexquant Investment LP bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $548,000. Finally, Aprio Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 257.8% during the first quarter. Aprio Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,844 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $925,000 after acquiring an additional 6,372 shares during the period. 66.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Down 1.2%

Shares of NYSEARCA IJR opened at $120.18 on Thursday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $120.03 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $116.59. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 52-week low of $89.22 and a 52-week high of $125.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $86.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.08.

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.