iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Shares Bought by SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC

SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 88.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 13,010 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 6,110 shares during the period. SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $1,044,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of EWJ. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 60.6% during the second quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,677,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $200,715,000 after acquiring an additional 1,010,345 shares during the period. Johns Hopkins University bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $57,761,000. Strs Ohio bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $35,041,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 44.9% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,261,058 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,540,000 after purchasing an additional 390,526 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% in the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $29,199,000 after purchasing an additional 388,318 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

EWJ stock opened at $83.07 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 12 month low of $59.84 and a 12 month high of $85.31. The firm has a market cap of $16.05 billion, a PE ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $82.34 and a 200 day simple moving average of $79.54.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The 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 Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.