iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF $IJT Shares Bought by Blue Edge Capital LLC

Blue Edge Capital LLC lifted its holdings in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IJT) by 68.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 44,864 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 18,155 shares during the quarter. Blue Edge Capital LLC’s holdings in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF were worth $8,013,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 1.5% in the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 5,122 shares of the company’s stock worth $915,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC raised its position in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 51.1% during the 2nd quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 4,306 shares of the company’s stock worth $769,000 after purchasing an additional 1,456 shares during the period. RFG Advisory LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $340,000. Baird Financial Group Inc. boosted its position in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 12.4% during the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 72,593 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,965,000 after purchasing an additional 8,000 shares during the period. Finally, Waverly Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 13.2% during the 2nd quarter. Waverly Advisors LLC now owns 10,258 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,832,000 after buying an additional 1,196 shares during the last quarter. 55.81% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF Stock Performance

IJT stock opened at $167.24 on Thursday. iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $132.98 and a 1 year high of $179.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.21 and a beta of 1.04. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $173.59 and its two-hundred day moving average is $163.18.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were issued a $0.2566 dividend. This is a boost from iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. This represents a $1.03 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%.

About iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF, formerly iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index Fund (the Fund), seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the small-capitalization growth sector of the United States equity market and consists of those stocks in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index exhibiting the strongest growth characteristics. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.