iShares Russell 2000 ETF $IWM Shares Acquired by Johnson Investment Counsel Inc.

Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) by 7.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 235,602 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 15,852 shares during the quarter. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc.’s holdings in iShares Russell 2000 ETF were worth $57,006,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Alpha Cubed Investments LLC bought a new stake in iShares Russell 2000 ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $234,000. New England Private Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 1.9% during the second quarter. New England Private Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 29,016 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,429,000 after acquiring an additional 553 shares in the last quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI lifted its stake in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 1.1% in the third quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 386,528 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $93,524,000 after acquiring an additional 4,061 shares during the period. Crown Wealth Group LLC bought a new stake in iShares Russell 2000 ETF in the third quarter valued at $540,000. Finally, State of Wyoming boosted its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 241.9% during the 3rd quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 5,300 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,282,000 after purchasing an additional 3,750 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Stock Performance

iShares Russell 2000 ETF stock opened at $266.88 on Tuesday. iShares Russell 2000 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $171.73 and a fifty-two week high of $271.60. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $256.71 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $244.30. The stock has a market cap of $76.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.69 and a beta of 1.13.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Company Profile

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.