iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Shares Acquired by Lido Advisors LLC

Lido Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 17.1% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 737,971 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 107,866 shares during the quarter. Lido Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $71,923,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Royal Bank of Canada grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 98.6% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 5,048,553 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $426,300,000 after buying an additional 2,506,472 shares in the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2,279.0% during the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 1,670,435 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $141,051,000 after buying an additional 1,600,219 shares during the period. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the first quarter worth approximately $38,222,000. Vontobel Holding Ltd. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,696,000. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 612,227.5% in the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 244,931 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $20,682,000 after acquiring an additional 244,891 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Down 1.2%

NYSEARCA EWJ opened at $90.39 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 52 week low of $79.47 and a 52 week high of $99.98. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $95.93 and a two-hundred day moving average of $91.97. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.14 billion, a PE ratio of 15.76 and a beta of 0.76.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Company 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). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.