Russell Investments Group Ltd. Grows Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF $EMXC

Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) by 5.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,431,332 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 71,035 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. owned approximately 0.77% of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF worth $96,629,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 4.2% during the third quarter. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC now owns 3,951 shares of the company’s stock worth $267,000 after purchasing an additional 159 shares during the last quarter. First PREMIER Bank grew its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 7.1% in the 3rd quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 2,867 shares of the company’s stock valued at $194,000 after buying an additional 190 shares during the last quarter. Weitzel Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Weitzel Financial Services Inc. now owns 50,767 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,254,000 after buying an additional 210 shares during the period. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 13.7% in the 3rd quarter. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,898 shares of the company’s stock valued at $128,000 after buying an additional 229 shares during the period. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 114.2% in the 3rd quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 497 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 265 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Stock Up 2.1%

Shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF stock opened at $81.06 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $15.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.28 and a beta of 0.82. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF has a 52-week low of $49.60 and a 52-week high of $88.87. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $80.41 and its 200-day simple moving average is $73.23.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 16th were issued a dividend of $1.3357 per share. This represents a yield of 384.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 16th.

About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (EMXC) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China index. The fund tracks a market-cap- weighted index of emerging-market firms, excluding China. The index covers 85% of the universe by market cap. EMXC was launched on Jul 18, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.