Meridian Financial LLC Grows Stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IUSG)

Meridian Financial LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IUSG) by 14.8% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 3,669 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 472 shares during the quarter. Meridian Financial LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF were worth $511,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of IUSG. Renaissance Technologies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $1,695,000. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 7.9% in the second quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 22,776 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,907,000 after purchasing an additional 1,675 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 93.2% in the second quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 9,214 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,175,000 after purchasing an additional 4,444 shares during the last quarter. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 3.7% during the 2nd quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 12,954 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,651,000 after purchasing an additional 467 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ieq Capital LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 214.8% during the 2nd quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 19,083 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,433,000 after purchasing an additional 13,021 shares during the last quarter.

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

Shares of NASDAQ:IUSG opened at $142.60 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $140.41 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $133.08. The stock has a market cap of $21.54 billion, a PE ratio of 27.75 and a beta of 1.06. iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF has a one year low of $104.61 and a one year high of $145.11.

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

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were paid a dividend of $0.254 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th. This is a positive change from iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF’s previous dividend of $0.25.

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

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.