Renaissance Technologies LLC Purchases New Stake in iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF $IYK

Renaissance Technologies LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:IYK) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 23,300 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,632,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of IYK. Financial Life Planners acquired a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $32,000. Assetmark Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $32,000. Reflection Asset Management bought a new position in iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Finally, Arax Advisory Partners acquired a new position in iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $45,000.

iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA IYK opened at $73.87 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $73.74 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $72.69. iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF has a fifty-two week low of $65.21 and a fifty-two week high of $78.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.40 billion, a PE ratio of 20.18 and a beta of 0.40.

iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF Company Profile

iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares Dow Jones U.S .Consumer Goods Sector Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of United States consumer goods stocks, as represented by the Dow Jones United States Consumer Goods Index. The Underlying Index measures the performance of the consumer goods sector of the United States equity market. The Underlying Index includes companies in a range of industry groups, which include automobiles and parts, beverages, food producers, household goods, leisure goods, personal goods and tobacco.