CENTRAL TRUST Co Buys 685 Shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IJT)

CENTRAL TRUST Co boosted its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IJT) by 69.4% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,672 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 685 shares during the period. CENTRAL TRUST Co’s holdings in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF were worth $226,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in IJT. U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 12.4% during the fourth quarter. U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 23,995 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,248,000 after acquiring an additional 2,639 shares during the last quarter. Dougherty Wealth Advisers LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $337,000. DAVENPORT & Co LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 4.4% during the fourth quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 6,343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $859,000 after acquiring an additional 266 shares during the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $47,000. Finally, Cypress Capital Management LLC WY bought a new position in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $2,890,000. Institutional investors own 55.81% of the company’s stock.

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

IJT stock opened at $141.04 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $140.71 and a 200-day moving average price of $138.92. The company has a market capitalization of $6.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.69 and a beta of 1.13. iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF has a 52-week low of $120.45 and a 52-week high of $152.05.

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

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were paid a dividend of $0.3508 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

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.