iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NYSEARCA:IYR)

iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:IYR – Get Rating) saw some unusual options trading activity on Tuesday. Investors purchased 36,692 put options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 76% compared to the typical volume of 20,826 put options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC increased its stake in iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF by 55.3% during the 2nd quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 295 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 105 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF by 1.6% in the third quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 7,865 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $640,000 after buying an additional 127 shares during the last quarter. Brinker Capital Investments LLC lifted its holdings in iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF by 2.8% during the fourth quarter. Brinker Capital Investments LLC now owns 5,022 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $423,000 after purchasing an additional 136 shares in the last quarter. Garrison Point Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF by 5.4% during the fourth quarter. Garrison Point Advisors LLC now owns 2,790 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $235,000 after purchasing an additional 143 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT lifted its holdings in iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF by 3.9% during the second quarter. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT now owns 4,164 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $383,000 after purchasing an additional 155 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF Stock Up 1.0 %

Shares of IYR opened at $84.07 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.43 and a beta of 0.87. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $89.09 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $87.01. iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF has a twelve month low of $75.66 and a twelve month high of $113.13.

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iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF, formerly iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund (the Fund), is a non-diversified fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the real estate sector of the United States equity market, and includes companies in the industry groups, such as real estate holding and development and real estate investment trusts (REITs).