Renaissance Technologies LLC Makes New Investment in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IJT)

Renaissance Technologies LLC bought a new position in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IJT) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 2,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $338,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of IJT. Bank of Montreal Can grew its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 37,432 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,067,000 after acquiring an additional 127 shares in the last quarter. Wellspring Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 10.6% in the 4th quarter. Wellspring Financial Advisors LLC now owns 4,388 shares of the company’s stock valued at $594,000 after buying an additional 422 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its position in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 280,440 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,963,000 after buying an additional 2,159 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,355,351 shares of the company’s stock valued at $183,474,000 after buying an additional 12,648 shares during the period. Finally, Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp grew its holdings in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 8.9% during the 4th quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 29,805 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,035,000 after acquiring an additional 2,439 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 55.81% of the company’s stock.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF Trading Down 0.6 %

IJT opened at $124.50 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $121.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $134.02. iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $107.38 and a 1 year high of $152.05. The stock has a market cap of $5.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.11 and a beta of 1.13.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 21st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 18th were issued a dividend of $0.2502 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 18th.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF Profile

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF, formerly iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index Fund (the Fund), seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the small-capitalization growth sector of the United States equity market and consists of those stocks in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index exhibiting the strongest growth characteristics.