Blair William & Co. IL Buys 58,277 Shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF $IWM

by · The Markets Daily

Blair William & Co. IL lifted its stake in iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWMFree Report) by 11.6% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 558,738 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 58,277 shares during the quarter. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in iShares Russell 2000 ETF were worth $137,539,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Rafferty Asset Management LLC grew its position in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 10.6% in the second quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 6,747,829 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,456,114,000 after acquiring an additional 648,801 shares during the period. HRT Financial LP lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 112.9% during the fourth quarter. HRT Financial LP now owns 4,119,165 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,013,973,000 after acquiring an additional 2,184,265 shares during the period. Durable Capital Partners LP lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 105.5% during the second quarter. Durable Capital Partners LP now owns 2,596,668 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $560,335,000 after acquiring an additional 1,333,316 shares during the period. Cibc World Market Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 36.4% in the 4th quarter. Cibc World Market Inc. now owns 1,869,465 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $460,188,000 after purchasing an additional 499,263 shares in the last quarter. Finally, IMC Chicago LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 344.2% in the 4th quarter. IMC Chicago LLC now owns 1,585,486 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $390,283,000 after purchasing an additional 1,228,526 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Stock Performance

IWM opened at $292.08 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $81.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.69 and a beta of 1.11. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $279.52 and its 200-day simple moving average is $264.09. iShares Russell 2000 ETF has a twelve month low of $206.81 and a twelve month high of $297.91.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Company Profile

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iShares Russell 2000 ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell 2000 Index (the Index). The Index is a float-adjusted capitalization weighted index that measures the performance of the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market and includes securities issued by the approximately 2,000 smallest issuers in the Russell 3000 Index. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.

Further Reading

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