iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF $IYK Shares Newly Purchased by Virtue Capital Management LLC

Virtue Capital Management LLC bought a new position in iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEARCA:IYK) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 7,629 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $540,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Royal Bank of Canada grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF by 13.0% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 312,442 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,879,000 after purchasing an additional 35,963 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF by 1.4% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 214,107 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,994,000 after purchasing an additional 2,935 shares during the last quarter. MGO One Seven LLC lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 122,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,687,000 after purchasing an additional 4,496 shares during the last quarter. Unique Wealth LLC lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF by 1.6% in the 2nd quarter. Unique Wealth LLC now owns 94,306 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,852,000 after purchasing an additional 1,449 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF by 46.0% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 79,192 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,754,000 after buying an additional 24,941 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF stock opened at $78.94 on Tuesday. iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF has a fifty-two week low of $65.21 and a fifty-two week high of $79.17. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.18 and a beta of 0.40. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $74.42 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $73.09.

About iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF

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.