Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Buys New Stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF $EWU

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 14,448 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $635,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 134.0% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,326,876 shares of the company’s stock worth $55,689,000 after buying an additional 759,844 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 23.1% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,663,638 shares of the company’s stock worth $145,520,000 after buying an additional 686,519 shares during the period. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA boosted its stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 26,300.2% during the fourth quarter. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA now owns 506,091 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,323,000 after buying an additional 504,174 shares during the period. Lido Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 151.8% during the third quarter. Lido Advisors LLC now owns 251,453 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,554,000 after buying an additional 151,602 shares during the period. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd boosted its stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 8,564.8% during the third quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 133,871 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,619,000 after buying an additional 132,326 shares during the period. 58.38% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Stock Down 2.3%

NYSEARCA EWU opened at $45.57 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $46.35 and a two-hundred day moving average of $45.25. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.42 and a beta of 0.60. iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF has a 52 week low of $38.72 and a 52 week high of $48.92.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Profile

The iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI United Kingdom index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of British companies. It covers the top 85% of British companies by market cap. EWU was launched on Mar 12, 1996 and is managed by BlackRock.