iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF (NYSEARCA:EWL) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF (NYSEARCA:EWL) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 2,614,927 shares, a growth of 275.9% from the May 14th total of 695,569 shares. Currently, 10.2% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 531,326 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.9 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. McHugh Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $552,000. GenTrust LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF by 6.4% during the 4th quarter. GenTrust LLC now owns 290,051 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $17,391,000 after buying an additional 17,330 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF by 142.2% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 725,576 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,081,000 after buying an additional 425,970 shares during the period. Rice Partnership LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF by 14.5% during the 3rd quarter. Rice Partnership LLC now owns 121,764 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,726,000 after buying an additional 15,398 shares during the period. Finally, Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF by 7.7% during the 4th quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich now owns 237,599 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $14,246,000 after buying an additional 16,939 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 68.30% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF Stock Down 0.3%

EWL traded down $0.19 during trading on Friday, hitting $62.72. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 364,439 shares, compared to its average volume of 682,954. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.82 and a beta of 0.77. iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF has a twelve month low of $51.83 and a twelve month high of $65.53. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $61.46 and its 200-day moving average price is $60.78.

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped Index 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 Switzerland 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Zurich Stock Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no single 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.