iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF $IUSG Shares Newly Bought by Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI

Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI acquired a new stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IUSG) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 424,581 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $82,263,000. iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF accounts for about 1.0% of Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI’s holdings, making the stock its 23rd biggest position. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI owned 0.24% of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 10.4% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,166,362 shares of the company’s stock worth $595,533,000 after purchasing an additional 298,332 shares in the last quarter. CX Institutional lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. CX Institutional now owns 159,903 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,981,000 after purchasing an additional 5,425 shares during the period. Foundry Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 9.9% in the 1st quarter. Foundry Financial Group Inc. now owns 75,786 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,755,000 after purchasing an additional 6,817 shares during the period. Navigation Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $1,957,000. Finally, TrueWealth Financial Partners purchased a new stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF during the first quarter worth $724,000.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ IUSG opened at $186.05 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $32.81 billion, a PE ratio of 32.52 and a beta of 1.16. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $192.13 and its 200 day moving average price is $186.70. iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $148.39 and a 1 year high of $200.01.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 18th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th were issued a $0.2445 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 15th. This is a positive change from iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.2356. This represents a $0.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%.

About iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

The iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (IUSG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 900 Growth index. The fund tracks an index of US large- and mid-cap growth stocks. The index selects from stocks ranked 1-3000 by market cap based on fundamental growth factors. IUSG was launched on Jul 24, 2000 and is managed by BlackRock.