iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Stock Holdings Trimmed by Private Advisory Group LLC

Private Advisory Group LLC lowered its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 22.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 245,149 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 69,193 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF comprises 1.6% of Private Advisory Group LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest position. Private Advisory Group LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF were worth $19,636,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Sun Life Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 7.2% during the 2nd quarter. Sun Life Financial Inc. now owns 1,660,773 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $119,210,000 after acquiring an additional 111,000 shares in the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1,753.0% during the second quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,296,271 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $93,047,000 after acquiring an additional 1,226,315 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 13.3% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,208,253 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $96,781,000 after purchasing an additional 141,996 shares during the last quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 31,122.4% during the second quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 1,065,620 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $75,382,000 after buying an additional 1,062,207 shares during the period. Finally, Rafferty Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 11.0% in the 2nd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 985,291 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $70,724,000 after buying an additional 97,762 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF stock opened at $141.88 on Monday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $112.33 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $94.26. The company has a market capitalization of $13.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.22. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 1-year low of $48.49 and a 1-year high of $141.98.

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.