iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR Shares Bought by Merit Financial Group LLC

Merit Financial Group LLC boosted its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 3.4% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 100,713 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 3,274 shares during the quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $11,007,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Signature Resources Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 105.8% in the 1st quarter. Signature Resources Capital Management LLC now owns 249 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 128 shares in the last quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the 1st quarter worth $26,000. Hoey Investments Inc. acquired a new position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the 1st quarter worth $28,000. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the 1st quarter worth $28,000. Finally, Bulwark Capital Corp bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the second quarter valued at about $30,000. 66.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Up 0.5%

Shares of NYSEARCA IJR opened at $120.08 on Friday. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a fifty-two week low of $89.22 and a fifty-two week high of $128.61. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $116.28 and its 200 day simple moving average is $109.05. The stock has a market cap of $86.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.15.

About iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

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.