iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Position Boosted by Fortis Group Advisors LLC

Fortis Group Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 160,212.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 12,825 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 12,817 shares during the quarter. Fortis Group Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF were worth $1,247,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of EWY. Yacktman Asset Management LP purchased a new position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $111,279,000. TD Asset Management Inc grew its stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 85.5% during the 3rd quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 1,536,532 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $123,076,000 after acquiring an additional 708,000 shares in the last quarter. Horizon Investments LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 4,270,966.7% during the 4th quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 384,396 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $37,371,000 after acquiring an additional 384,387 shares in the last quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 36,038.6% during the 4th quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 385,237 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $37,453,000 after acquiring an additional 384,171 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. grew its stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 79.7% during the 3rd quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 823,077 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $65,848,000 after acquiring an additional 365,091 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:EWY opened at $180.11 on Thursday. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a fifty-two week low of $58.19 and a fifty-two week high of $194.58. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $147.66 and its two-hundred day moving average is $122.74. The stock has a market cap of $23.96 billion, a PE ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.38.

About iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

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.