Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd. Buys New Stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd. purchased a new stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 19,400 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $2,877,000. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF comprises about 1.5% of Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 20th biggest holding.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of IJR. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 24.3% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 29,944 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,450,000 after acquiring an additional 5,853 shares during the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF in the fourth quarter worth $55,011,000. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 80.7% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 17,964 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,878,000 after purchasing an additional 8,025 shares during the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC purchased a new stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the first quarter valued at $5,503,000. Finally, United Bank raised its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 4.8% during the second quarter. United Bank now owns 32,876 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,593,000 after purchasing an additional 1,495 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 66.92% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Up 1.0%

IJR stock opened at $144.31 on Thursday. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 52 week low of $112.00 and a 52 week high of $150.69. The firm has a market capitalization of $108.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.01. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $146.68 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $137.74.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Company 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.