Blue Square Asset Management LLC Purchases 61,880 Shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Blue Square Asset Management LLC raised its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 104.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 121,205 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 61,880 shares during the period. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF makes up about 6.5% of Blue Square Asset Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Blue Square Asset Management LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $14,566,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of IJR. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP increased its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 197.6% during the 3rd quarter. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP now owns 244 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 162 shares in the last quarter. Bank & Trust Co acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $30,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 85.4% during the third quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 254 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 117 shares in the last quarter. New Millennium Group LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 105.3% during the third quarter. New Millennium Group LLC now owns 308 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $37,000 after acquiring an additional 158 shares in the last quarter. Finally, WPG Advisers LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 306.6% in the 3rd quarter. WPG Advisers LLC now owns 431 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $51,000 after acquiring an additional 325 shares during the last quarter. 66.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA IJR opened at $125.43 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $127.16 and its 200 day simple moving average is $122.98. The stock has a market cap of $92.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.08. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a fifty-two week low of $89.22 and a fifty-two week high of $133.52.

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.