iShares MSCI France ETF $EWQ Stock Acquired by Trek Financial LLC

Trek Financial LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI France ETF (NYSEARCA:EWQ) by 250.3% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 29,147 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 20,827 shares during the quarter. Trek Financial LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI France ETF were worth $1,242,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in EWQ. Lido Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF by 168.4% in the first quarter. Lido Advisors LLC now owns 476,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $20,661,000 after purchasing an additional 298,814 shares in the last quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI France ETF by 0.8% in the 1st quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 180,371 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,824,000 after buying an additional 1,419 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its position in iShares MSCI France ETF by 847.2% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 96,084 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,167,000 after buying an additional 85,940 shares during the period. Waverly Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF by 252,556.7% in the first quarter. Waverly Advisors LLC now owns 75,797 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,288,000 after acquiring an additional 75,767 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vertex Investment Solutions Co. Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI France ETF in the second quarter worth $1,729,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.46% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI France ETF Stock Up 1.2%

NYSEARCA:EWQ opened at $42.74 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI France ETF has a 52 week low of $40.92 and a 52 week high of $48.39. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $43.47 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $45.01. The company has a market cap of $350.47 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.82 and a beta of 0.85.

iShares MSCI France ETF Profile

iShares MSCI France ETF, formerly iShares MSCI France Index 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 French market, as measured by the MSCI France Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the French equity market. The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Paris Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in sectors, such as industrials, financials, energy, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, healthcare, materials, telecommunication services, utilities and information technology.