iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Stake Increased by Kestra Advisory Services LLC

Kestra Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 34.9% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 105,882 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 27,395 shares during the quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC owned approximately 0.07% of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF worth $19,353,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in EWY. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 102.5% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,928,797 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,344,351,000 after buying an additional 5,532,980 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia increased its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 135.8% in the 1st quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 1,823,820 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $224,348,000 after acquiring an additional 1,050,220 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 368.1% in the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 303,408 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $61,258,000 after acquiring an additional 238,591 shares in the last quarter. Group One Trading LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $30,984,000. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1,140,390.9% in the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 250,908 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $30,864,000 after acquiring an additional 250,886 shares during the last quarter. 49.22% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EWY stock opened at $137.01 on Monday. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 1 year low of $86.90 and a 1 year high of $220.89. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $172.04 and its 200-day moving average is $163.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.60.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Company 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.