iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF $ITA Stock: VestGen Advisors LLC Reduces Position

VestGen Advisors LLC lowered its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (BATS:ITA) by 89.9% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 1,978 shares of the company’s stock after selling 17,554 shares during the quarter. VestGen Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF were worth $410,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Venturi Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,959 shares of the company’s stock worth $717,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. JM2 Capital Inc. increased its stake in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. JM2 Capital Inc. now owns 2,912 shares of the company’s stock worth $706,000 after buying an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI lifted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 5.4% in the first quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 1,004 shares of the company’s stock valued at $220,000 after acquiring an additional 51 shares in the last quarter. ProCore Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 2.9% in the 3rd quarter. ProCore Advisors LLC now owns 1,821 shares of the company’s stock worth $377,000 after purchasing an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Edgestream Partners L.P. boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 4.3% in the 1st quarter. Edgestream Partners L.P. now owns 1,306 shares of the company’s stock worth $286,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF Price Performance

Shares of ITA opened at $214.68 on Tuesday. iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF has a 1 year low of $195.71 and a 1 year high of $256.60. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $214.26 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $229.04. The firm has a market cap of $9.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.35 and a beta of 0.87.

Shares of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF are scheduled to split on Thursday, November 5th. The 3-1 split was recently announced. The newly created shares will be payable to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, November 4th.

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF Profile

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF, formerly iShares Dow Jones U.S. Aerospace & Defense Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the aerospace and defense sector of the United States equity market. Aerospace companies include manufacturers, assemblers and distributors of aircraft and aircraft parts.