NYSEARCA:IWM - iShares Russell 2000 Index Stock Price, Price Target & More

iShares Russell 2000 Index trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)ARCA under the ticker symbol "IWM."

iShares Russell 2000 Index announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.5793 per share on Thursday, December 28th. This represents a $2.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 21st. This is a positive change from iShares Russell 2000 Index's previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. View iShares Russell 2000 Index's Dividend History.

iShares Russell 2000 Index saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 84,940,309 shares, an increase of 0.6% from the May 15th total of 85,449,104 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 18,091,269 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.7 days. View iShares Russell 2000 Index's Current Options Chain.

Press coverage about IWM stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. iShares Russell 2000 Index earned a coverage optimism score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the exchange traded fund an impact score of 45.93 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

iShares Russell 2000 Index's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.46%), Jones Financial Companies Lllp (2.54%), PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (1.53%), Natixis (0.98%), Summit Trail Advisors LLC (0.95%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.85%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for iShares Russell 2000 Index.

IWM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schroder Investment Management Group, Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC, Landscape Capital Management L.L.C., Blue Harbour Group L.P., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., ETRADE Capital Management LLC and Timber Hill LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for iShares Russell 2000 Index.

IWM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Summit Trail Advisors LLC, California State Teachers Retirement System, Toronto Dominion Bank, Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jones Financial Companies Lllp, Palisade Capital Management LLC NJ and Personal Capital Advisors Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for iShares Russell 2000 Index.

Shares of IWM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of IWM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $167.82.

iShares Russell 2000 Index has a market capitalization of $42.54 billion.

iShares Russell 2000 Index's mailing address is 45 FREMONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, 94105, United States. The exchange traded fund can be reached via phone at +1-800-4742737.