Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. Increases Stock Holdings in iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF $IVW

Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. boosted its stake in iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:IVW) by 1.8% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 201,949 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,660 shares during the quarter. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc.’s holdings in iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF were worth $27,774,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 33,646,152 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,147,225,000 after purchasing an additional 186,391 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 19,816,481 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,442,579,000 after purchasing an additional 357,495 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 6.6% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 19,779,268 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,237,233,000 after purchasing an additional 1,229,382 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its stake in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 15,021,156 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,851,508,000 after purchasing an additional 80,216 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers increased its stake in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 5.4% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 4,754,617 shares of the company’s stock worth $537,795,000 after purchasing an additional 245,310 shares in the last quarter.

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF Stock Down 0.4%

IVW opened at $141.98 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $77.51 billion, a PE ratio of 33.33 and a beta of 1.17. iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $108.13 and a twelve month high of $143.26. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $136.54 and a 200 day moving average price of $128.95.

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF Company Profile

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF, formerly iShares S&P 500 Growth Index Fund (the Growth Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500/Citigroup Growth Index (the Growth Index). The Growth Index measures the performance of the large-capitalization growth sector of the United States equity market. The Growth Index is a subset of the S&P 500 and consists of those stocks in the S&P 500 exhibiting the strongest growth characteristics.