28,677 Shares in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF $IJT Bought by Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc.

Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IJT) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 28,677 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,598,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Albion Financial Group UT bought a new position in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $26,000. Signaturefd LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $28,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $37,000. Horizons Wealth Management purchased a new position in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $43,000. Finally, Edgemoor Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF in the third quarter worth $48,000. 55.81% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF stock opened at $167.20 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $7.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.21 and a beta of 1.06. iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $132.98 and a fifty-two week high of $179.68. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $163.66 and its 200-day moving average price is $161.99.

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

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th were paid a dividend of $0.36 per share. This is a positive change from iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.2566. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 15th.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF Profile

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.