Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. Purchases New Stake in iShares MSCI Canada ETF $EWC

Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF (NYSEARCA:EWC) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 29,846 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $1,635,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of EWC. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1,675.5% in the fourth quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 3,178,045 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $171,392,000 after purchasing an additional 2,999,053 shares in the last quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $51,589,000. Graham Capital Management L.P. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 525.5% in the 4th quarter. Graham Capital Management L.P. now owns 806,849 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $43,513,000 after buying an additional 677,849 shares during the period. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 871.0% in the 3rd quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 663,041 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $33,482,000 after buying an additional 594,755 shares during the period. Finally, Metis Global Partners LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI Canada ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,125,000.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA EWC opened at $58.65 on Monday. iShares MSCI Canada ETF has a fifty-two week low of $45.66 and a fifty-two week high of $59.52. The stock has a market cap of $6.00 billion, a PE ratio of 19.77 and a beta of 0.86. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $58.18 and a 200-day moving average of $56.65.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Canada ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). 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 Canadian market, as measured by the MSCI Canada Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Canadian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.