Griffin Asset Management Inc. Acquires New Holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF $EWZS

Griffin Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund acquired 16,730 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $222,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of EWZS. Mount Lucas Management LP purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $538,000. Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 644.2% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 50,254 shares of the company’s stock valued at $541,000 after acquiring an additional 43,501 shares during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 25.2% in the 1st quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 53,832 shares of the company’s stock valued at $580,000 after acquiring an additional 10,852 shares during the period. Perigon Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $813,000. Finally, RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 16.9% in the first quarter. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 140,708 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,515,000 after purchasing an additional 20,310 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Stock Up 1.2%

Shares of NASDAQ EWZS opened at $12.89 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $178.53 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.78 and a beta of 1.10. iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF has a 52-week low of $9.11 and a 52-week high of $14.45. The business’s 50 day moving average is $13.30 and its two-hundred day moving average is $12.54.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index designed to measure the performance of equity securities in the bottom 14% by market capitalization of equity securities listed on stock exchanges in Brazil.