iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Shares Purchased by LOM Asset Management Ltd

LOM Asset Management Ltd raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 44.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 25,624 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,830 shares during the period. LOM Asset Management Ltd’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $2,055,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EWJ. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 60.6% in the 2nd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,677,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $200,715,000 after buying an additional 1,010,345 shares in the last quarter. Johns Hopkins University acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $57,761,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2.6% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 26,102,320 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,093,667,000 after acquiring an additional 662,373 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $32,411,000. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 44.9% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,261,058 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $94,540,000 after buying an additional 390,526 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Down 3.0%

Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF stock opened at $85.89 on Friday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 52 week low of $59.84 and a 52 week high of $94.28. The stock has a market cap of $16.76 billion, a PE ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $87.03 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $83.40.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.