Principal Financial Group Inc. Decreases Position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR)

Principal Financial Group Inc. decreased its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 142,014 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,975 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $16,610,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of IJR. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 50.6% in the third quarter. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. now owns 271 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 91 shares in the last quarter. HWG Holdings LP acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF in the second quarter worth about $41,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 285.6% in the third quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC now owns 482 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $56,000 after acquiring an additional 357 shares in the last quarter. Fairscale Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF in the second quarter worth about $58,000. Finally, Davis Capital Management lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 20.1% in the third quarter. Davis Capital Management now owns 597 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $70,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:IJR opened at $115.80 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $120.70 and its 200 day simple moving average is $115.23. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a one year low of $101.50 and a one year high of $128.61. The stock has a market cap of $84.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.95 and a beta of 1.16.

About iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, formerly iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index Fund, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Standard & Poor’s SmallCap 600 Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of publicly traded securities in the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market.