Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Acquires 10,304 Shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF $IUSG

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC increased its holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IUSG) by 239.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 14,601 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 10,304 shares during the period. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF were worth $2,402,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 43,464,067 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,536,996,000 after purchasing an additional 348,725 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 9.8% during the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,250,952 shares of the company’s stock valued at $370,372,000 after buying an additional 200,984 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 5.9% during the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 1,315,986 shares of the company’s stock worth $197,924,000 after acquiring an additional 73,036 shares in the last quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. lifted its stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 2.9% in the third quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. now owns 727,931 shares of the company’s stock worth $119,774,000 after purchasing an additional 20,233 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Benjamin Edwards Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 3.3% in the 3rd quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 677,124 shares of the company’s stock valued at $111,419,000 after acquiring an additional 21,728 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:IUSG opened at $162.99 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $26.53 billion, a PE ratio of 32.52 and a beta of 1.11. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $168.22 and a 200-day moving average price of $164.63. iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $108.91 and a fifty-two week high of $172.33.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were issued a dividend of $0.2627 per share. This is an increase from iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. This represents a $1.05 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 16th.

About iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

The iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (IUSG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 900 Growth index. The fund tracks an index of US large- and mid-cap growth stocks. The index selects from stocks ranked 1-3000 by market cap based on fundamental growth factors. IUSG was launched on Jul 24, 2000 and is managed by BlackRock.