Francis Financial Inc. Purchases Shares of 2,740 iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:IVW)

Francis Financial Inc. bought a new position in iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:IVW) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm bought 2,740 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $206,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of IVW. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 111,454.4% during the 4th quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 552,700,957 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,333,006,000 after purchasing an additional 552,205,503 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 54.8% in the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 21,690,571 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,484,069,000 after buying an additional 7,681,845 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 35.1% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 7,697,945 shares of the company’s stock worth $526,693,000 after buying an additional 1,998,078 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $133,439,000. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 5.5% during the 3rd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 29,378,514 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,010,078,000 after purchasing an additional 1,542,503 shares during the last quarter.

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of NYSEARCA:IVW opened at $84.44 on Friday. iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $62.22 and a 12 month high of $85.56. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $81.55 and a 200 day moving average price of $75.04. The company has a market cap of $41.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.15 and a beta of 1.05.

About iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF

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.