Waters Parkerson & CO. LLC Grows Stake in iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:IVV)

Waters Parkerson & CO. LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:IVV) by 17.7% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 11,817 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,776 shares during the quarter. Waters Parkerson & CO. LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P 500 ETF were worth $6,467,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P 500 ETF by 21.3% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 36,046,952 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,725,973,000 after purchasing an additional 6,319,531 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in iShares Core S&P 500 ETF by 60.7% in the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 20,161,417 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,599,462,000 after purchasing an additional 7,615,287 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning raised its position in iShares Core S&P 500 ETF by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Creative Planning now owns 20,109,262 shares of the company’s stock valued at $93,763,000 after purchasing an additional 146,157 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in iShares Core S&P 500 ETF by 1.8% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 13,683,639 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,488,098,000 after purchasing an additional 237,585 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada increased its stake in iShares Core S&P 500 ETF by 3.2% in the fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 7,446,115 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,556,487,000 after purchasing an additional 228,840 shares during the period.

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Trading Up 1.7 %

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF stock opened at $574.12 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $495.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.23 and a beta of 0.99. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $553.47 and a two-hundred day moving average of $536.61. iShares Core S&P 500 ETF has a twelve month low of $411.02 and a twelve month high of $576.10.

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Company Profile

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the large-capitalization sector of the United States equity market.