Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI Acquires New Holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF $IUSG

Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI acquired a new stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IUSG) in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm acquired 424,581 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $82,263,000. iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF makes up approximately 1.0% of Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI’s portfolio, making the stock its 23rd biggest holding.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Simplicity Wealth LLC grew its stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 6.1% in the 3rd quarter. Simplicity Wealth LLC now owns 4,544 shares of the company’s stock valued at $880,000 after acquiring an additional 263 shares during the period. NTV Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF in the 3rd quarter worth $1,138,000. Sowell Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF during the third quarter worth $425,000. Manchester Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF during the third quarter worth $87,000. Finally, Barrett & Company Inc. acquired a new position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF during the third quarter worth $315,000.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Stock Down 0.5%

IUSG opened at $186.05 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $32.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.52 and a beta of 1.16. iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF has a 52-week low of $148.39 and a 52-week high of $200.01. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $192.13 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $186.70.

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

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 18th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th were paid a dividend of $0.2445 per share. This is an increase from iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.2356. This represents a $0.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 15th.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Company Profile

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.