iShares U.S. Small Cap Equity Factor ETF $SMLF Stake Boosted by Guidance Capital Inc.

Guidance Capital Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Small Cap Equity Factor ETF (NYSEARCA:SMLF) by 50.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 19,395 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,524 shares during the quarter. Guidance Capital Inc.’s holdings in iShares U.S. Small Cap Equity Factor ETF were worth $1,556,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Small Cap Equity Factor ETF by 16.4% during the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,826,109 shares of the company’s stock valued at $135,774,000 after purchasing an additional 257,905 shares during the last quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Small Cap Equity Factor ETF by 186.0% during the third quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 1,061,478 shares of the company’s stock valued at $78,921,000 after purchasing an additional 690,272 shares during the last quarter. Acropolis Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Small Cap Equity Factor ETF by 5.8% during the fourth quarter. Acropolis Investment Management LLC now owns 968,630 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,531,000 after purchasing an additional 53,379 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Small Cap Equity Factor ETF by 66.3% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 770,271 shares of the company’s stock valued at $57,270,000 after purchasing an additional 307,021 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Financial Management Professionals Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Small Cap Equity Factor ETF by 1.8% during the third quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 530,408 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,436,000 after purchasing an additional 9,557 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Small Cap Equity Factor ETF Trading Up 1.0%

NYSEARCA:SMLF opened at $80.49 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.53 billion, a PE ratio of 17.17 and a beta of 1.09. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $77.33 and a 200-day moving average of $76.18. iShares U.S. Small Cap Equity Factor ETF has a 52 week low of $56.17 and a 52 week high of $80.72.

iShares U.S. Small Cap Equity Factor ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Multifactor ETF (SMLF) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the STOXX U.S. SmallCap Equity Factor index. The fund tracks an index of small-cap US equities. Stocks are selected and weighted to increase exposure to four factors (quality, value, momentum, and low volatility). SMLF was launched on Apr 28, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.