iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Stock Position Boosted by Private Advisory Group LLC

Private Advisory Group LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 3.9% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 205,473 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,750 shares during the period. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF comprises about 2.0% of Private Advisory Group LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 8th largest position. Private Advisory Group LLC owned 0.14% of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF worth $37,556,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EWY. Boltwood Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $908,000. Waverly Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 386.7% in the second quarter. Waverly Advisors LLC now owns 10,362 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,092,000 after purchasing an additional 8,233 shares during the period. Tikvah Management LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the second quarter worth approximately $1,363,000. 1607 Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the second quarter worth approximately $1,060,000. Finally, Cullen Capital Management LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the second quarter worth approximately $40,723,000. Institutional investors own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Stock Down 1.6%

EWY opened at $145.38 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $169.22 and its two-hundred day moving average is $163.54. The company has a market capitalization of $21.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.18 and a beta of 1.60. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 52 week low of $86.90 and a 52 week high of $220.89.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.