Whittier Trust Co. Lowers Holdings in iShares Russell 2000 ETF $IWM

Whittier Trust Co. lowered its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) by 1.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 271,231 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 2,650 shares during the quarter. Whittier Trust Co.’s holdings in iShares Russell 2000 ETF were worth $68,448,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of IWM. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 633.5% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 43,751,735 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $10,769,927,000 after acquiring an additional 51,952,453 shares during the last quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC increased its position in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 10.6% during the second quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 6,747,829 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,456,114,000 after purchasing an additional 648,801 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp increased its position in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 3.2% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 4,252,572 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,046,813,000 after purchasing an additional 130,667 shares during the last quarter. HRT Financial LP increased its position in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 112.9% during the fourth quarter. HRT Financial LP now owns 4,119,165 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,013,973,000 after purchasing an additional 2,184,265 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Durable Capital Partners LP raised its stake in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 105.5% during the second quarter. Durable Capital Partners LP now owns 2,596,668 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $560,335,000 after purchasing an additional 1,333,316 shares during the period.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Price Performance

Shares of IWM opened at $297.58 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $82.70 billion, a PE ratio of 17.69 and a beta of 1.10. The company’s fifty day moving average is $287.47 and its two-hundred day moving average is $268.35. iShares Russell 2000 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $212.34 and a fifty-two week high of $302.72.

About iShares Russell 2000 ETF

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell 2000 Index (the Index). The Index is a float-adjusted capitalization weighted index that measures the performance of the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market and includes securities issued by the approximately 2,000 smallest issuers in the Russell 3000 Index. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.