Polianta Ltd Buys Shares of 296,600 iShares MSCI Canada ETF $EWC

Polianta Ltd bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF (NYSEARCA:EWC) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 296,600 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $17,096,000. iShares MSCI Canada ETF comprises approximately 2.1% of Polianta Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Polianta Ltd owned approximately 0.29% of iShares MSCI Canada ETF as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in EWC. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1,675.5% in the 4th quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 3,178,045 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $171,392,000 after purchasing an additional 2,999,053 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its stake in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 52.4% during the 1st quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 4,841,833 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $265,284,000 after buying an additional 1,663,788 shares during the last quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in iShares MSCI Canada ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $51,589,000. Graham Capital Management L.P. increased its position in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 525.5% in the fourth quarter. Graham Capital Management L.P. now owns 806,849 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $43,513,000 after buying an additional 677,849 shares during the period. Finally, Absolute Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Canada ETF in the first quarter worth $30,134,000.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Stock Performance

EWC stock opened at $61.30 on Friday. iShares MSCI Canada ETF has a 1 year low of $46.91 and a 1 year high of $61.32. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.77 and a beta of 0.86. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $58.73 and its two-hundred day moving average is $57.33.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Canada ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). 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 Canadian market, as measured by the MSCI Canada Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Canadian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.