iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF $IUSG Shares Purchased by Envestnet Asset Management Inc.

Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IUSG) by 9.8% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 2,250,952 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 200,984 shares during the quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF were worth $370,372,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IUSG. Elm Partners Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $687,000. Allianz Asset Management GmbH increased its holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 7.6% in the third quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 127,995 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,060,000 after buying an additional 9,015 shares during the last quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 2.6% during the third quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 5,537 shares of the company’s stock valued at $917,000 after buying an additional 140 shares in the last quarter. Transcend Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 9.5% during the third quarter. Transcend Capital Advisors LLC now owns 18,146 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,986,000 after buying an additional 1,570 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 28,987 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,770,000 after buying an additional 283 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Trading Down 1.7%

Shares of IUSG opened at $164.23 on Thursday. iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $108.91 and a 52 week high of $172.33. The firm has a market cap of $26.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.52 and a beta of 1.11. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $168.69 and a 200-day moving average of $164.19.

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

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

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.