Aptus Capital Advisors LLC Raises Holdings in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF $ITA

Aptus Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (BATS:ITA) by 14,023.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 142,509 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 141,500 shares during the quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC owned 0.32% of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF worth $29,821,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 37.4% in the third quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 169 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management lifted its holdings in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management now owns 16,898 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,188,000 after buying an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Lee Johnson Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Lee Johnson Capital Management LLC now owns 9,073 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,899,000 after acquiring an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. Allen Capital Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Allen Capital Group LLC now owns 5,753 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,204,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 4.7% in the 2nd quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC now owns 1,222 shares of the company’s stock valued at $231,000 after acquiring an additional 55 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BATS ITA opened at $240.04 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $234.42 and its 200-day simple moving average is $215.81. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.56 billion, a PE ratio of 34.35 and a beta of 0.87. iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF has a fifty-two week low of $129.14 and a fifty-two week high of $250.65.

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF Company Profile

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF, formerly iShares Dow Jones U.S. Aerospace & Defense Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the aerospace and defense sector of the United States equity market. Aerospace companies include manufacturers, assemblers and distributors of aircraft and aircraft parts.