iShares MSCI Canada ETF $EWC Shares Sold by Hilltop Holdings Inc.

Hilltop Holdings Inc. lessened its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF (NYSEARCA:EWC) by 43.2% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 37,537 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 28,563 shares during the quarter. Hilltop Holdings Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF were worth $1,897,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. CSM Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1.7% during the third quarter. CSM Advisors LLC now owns 418,049 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $21,130,000 after purchasing an additional 6,914 shares during the period. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. increased its stake in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 871.0% in the 3rd quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 663,041 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $33,482,000 after buying an additional 594,755 shares during the period. Creative Planning raised its position in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 12,888 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $652,000 after buying an additional 245 shares during the last quarter. Zacks Investment Management raised its position in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1.3% during the 3rd quarter. Zacks Investment Management now owns 82,878 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,190,000 after buying an additional 1,040 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 33,161 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,676,000 after acquiring an additional 369 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Stock Performance

EWC stock opened at $55.85 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.13 billion, a PE ratio of 19.77 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a fifty day moving average of $55.91 and a 200-day moving average of $52.95. iShares MSCI Canada ETF has a one year low of $36.70 and a one year high of $58.78.

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.