iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Shares Purchased by Waterloo Capital L.P.

Waterloo Capital L.P. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 20.6% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 91,135 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,547 shares during the period. Waterloo Capital L.P.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $6,832,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of EWJ. LRI Investments LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the second quarter worth about $26,000. Trust Co. of Vermont bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Wealth Preservation Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the second quarter worth $36,000. Finally, AlphaCore Capital LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the first quarter worth $41,000. Institutional investors own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

iShares MSCI Japan ETF stock opened at $81.19 on Friday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 12 month low of $59.84 and a 12 month high of $84.54. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $81.87 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $77.48. The company has a market cap of $15.13 billion, a PE ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68.

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).