Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC Purchases 11,867 Shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF $EWU

Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU) by 6.9% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 182,718 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 11,867 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF were worth $7,669,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of EWU. LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA raised its holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 15.3% during the third quarter. LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA now owns 15,869 shares of the company’s stock valued at $666,000 after acquiring an additional 2,100 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 7.0% during the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 500,355 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,000,000 after purchasing an additional 32,652 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 24.4% during the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,300 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,000 after buying an additional 255 shares during the period. Prostatis Group LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 9.1% during the third quarter. Prostatis Group LLC now owns 84,773 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,558,000 after acquiring an additional 7,039 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Trek Financial LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 29.1% during the 3rd quarter. Trek Financial LLC now owns 37,530 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,575,000 after purchasing an additional 8,455 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 58.38% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Stock Performance

EWU opened at $46.74 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF has a fifty-two week low of $32.76 and a fifty-two week high of $47.32. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.42 and a beta of 0.71. The company has a fifty day moving average of $44.72 and a two-hundred day moving average of $42.88.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Company 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.