Montag A & Associates Inc. Increases Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI Spain ETF $EWP

Montag A & Associates Inc. boosted its position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF (NYSEARCA:EWP) by 23.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 69,676 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,325 shares during the period. Montag A & Associates Inc. owned about 0.21% of iShares MSCI Spain ETF worth $3,756,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Jane Street Group LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF in the second quarter worth about $16,165,000. Principal Financial Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Spain ETF in the third quarter worth about $10,120,000. UBS Group AG raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Spain ETF by 54.5% in the third quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 197,712 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,787,000 after buying an additional 69,772 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Spain ETF by 0.4% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 163,026 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,178,000 after buying an additional 626 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Spain ETF by 3.3% in the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 145,868 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,220,000 after buying an additional 4,690 shares during the period. 38.17% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Spain ETF Stock Down 0.1%

NYSEARCA EWP opened at $56.61 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $55.26 and its 200-day moving average price is $53.84. iShares MSCI Spain ETF has a 52 week low of $40.40 and a 52 week high of $58.99. The company has a market capitalization of $1.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.89 and a beta of 0.68.

About iShares MSCI Spain ETF

iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Spain 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 Spanish market, as measured by the MSCI Spain Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Spanish equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.