Family Firm Inc. Buys 9,276 Shares of iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF (NASDAQ:RING)

Family Firm Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF (NASDAQ:RING) by 28.2% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 42,173 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 9,276 shares during the quarter. Family Firm Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF were worth $1,185,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF by 28.0% during the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 9,880 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $278,000 after buying an additional 2,162 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $245,000. Versant Capital Management Inc lifted its position in iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF by 15.4% during the fourth quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 76,541 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,152,000 after purchasing an additional 10,209 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wintrust Investments LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $93,000.

iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF Stock Performance

Shares of RING opened at $36.19 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $1.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.74 and a beta of 0.75. iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF has a fifty-two week low of $23.24 and a fifty-two week high of $36.50. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $32.84 and a 200-day moving average price of $32.10.

iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were issued a dividend of $0.216 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF (RING) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI ACWI Select Gold Miners IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of companies that generate revenue primarily from gold mining. RING was launched on Jan 31, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.