iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Shares Acquired by Waverly Advisors LLC

Waverly Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 386.7% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 10,362 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 8,233 shares during the period. Waverly Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF were worth $2,092,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in EWY. Viewpoint Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 20,000.0% during the first quarter. Viewpoint Capital Management LLC now owns 201 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Archer Investment Corp acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $25,000. Prestige Wealth Management Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $25,000. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the 1st quarter worth $29,000. 49.22% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Stock Up 3.2%

Shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF stock opened at $188.72 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $174.11 and a 200-day simple moving average of $167.62. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a fifty-two week low of $78.27 and a fifty-two week high of $220.89. The firm has a market cap of $27.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.51.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.