iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Shares Purchased by Schroder Investment Management Group

Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 18.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,257,343 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 191,723 shares during the quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group owned about 1.74% of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF worth $100,889,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of EWY. Diversify Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $689,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1,885.5% in the third quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. now owns 67,903 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,419,000 after acquiring an additional 64,483 shares during the last quarter. Black Swift Group LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Black Swift Group LLC now owns 98,750 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,910,000 after acquiring an additional 430 shares in the last quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $209,000. Finally, Kingsview Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $6,010,000. 49.22% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:EWY opened at $133.89 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 1 year low of $48.49 and a 1 year high of $154.22. The stock has a market cap of $13.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.22. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $122.62 and a 200-day simple moving average of $99.41.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF 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.