Vertex Investment Solutions Co. Ltd. Trims Stake in iShares MSCI Spain ETF $EWP

Vertex Investment Solutions Co. Ltd. lessened its position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF (NYSEARCA:EWP) by 61.5% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 8,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 12,800 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI Spain ETF accounts for 0.5% of Vertex Investment Solutions Co. Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest position. Vertex Investment Solutions Co. Ltd.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Spain ETF were worth $418,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. BOKF NA bought a new position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Comerica Bank raised its position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF by 303.9% in the 4th quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 521 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 392 shares during the period. Wolff Wiese Magana LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Spain ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $44,000. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Spain ETF in the second quarter worth about $63,000. Finally, Private Trust Co. NA boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Spain ETF by 4,519.2% during the fourth quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 1,201 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $65,000 after buying an additional 1,175 shares during the period. 38.17% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Spain ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:EWP opened at $58.80 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.87 billion, a PE ratio of 10.89 and a beta of 0.67. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $57.72 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $56.09. iShares MSCI Spain ETF has a 1 year low of $43.45 and a 1 year high of $60.49.

iShares MSCI Spain ETF Profile

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.