Eastern Bank Acquires 4,317 Shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Eastern Bank increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 34.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 16,889 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,317 shares during the quarter. Eastern Bank’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $2,030,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.5% in the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 42,327,458 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,029,772,000 after purchasing an additional 1,024,536 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 549.5% during the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 14,885,601 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,763,740,000 after buying an additional 12,593,909 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.1% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 5,507,552 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $601,837,000 after buying an additional 112,747 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 60.1% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 5,138,062 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $610,556,000 after buying an additional 1,928,405 shares during the period. Finally, Truist Financial Corp boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 30.0% during the 3rd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 4,074,572 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $484,181,000 after buying an additional 941,459 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 66.92% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IJR opened at $121.75 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $89.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.08. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 52 week low of $89.22 and a 52 week high of $133.52. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $127.62 and its 200 day simple moving average is $122.85.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Profile

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, formerly iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index Fund, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Standard & Poor’s SmallCap 600 Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of publicly traded securities in the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market. The Index serves as the underlying index for the S&P 600/Citigroup Growth and Value Index series. The component stocks are weighted according to the total float-adjusted market value of their outstanding shares.