iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Shares Acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. boosted its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 79.7% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 823,077 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 365,091 shares during the quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. owned 1.14% of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF worth $65,848,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 27.8% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 239,956 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $12,967,000 after purchasing an additional 52,259 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 17.8% during the 2nd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 4,062 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $292,000 after purchasing an additional 615 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,585,000. Creative Planning raised its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 3.6% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 5,021 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $360,000 after buying an additional 176 shares during the period. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 457.4% during the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 49,582 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,559,000 after buying an additional 40,687 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Stock Up 0.5%

EWY opened at $124.15 on Friday. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 52-week low of $48.49 and a 52-week high of $154.22. The company has a 50 day moving average of $124.93 and a two-hundred day moving average of $100.76. The company has a market cap of $12.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.22.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Company Profile

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.