iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Shares Bought by Main Street Research LLC

Main Street Research LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 1.8% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 361,874 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 6,413 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF makes up approximately 2.6% of Main Street Research LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest position. Main Street Research LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF were worth $44,514,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in EWY. Morgan Stanley increased its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 31.5% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,405,205 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $331,054,000 after acquiring an additional 814,877 shares during the period. Bridgewater Associates LP lifted its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Bridgewater Associates LP now owns 2,072,358 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $201,475,000 after acquiring an additional 37,242 shares during the period. Hsbc Holdings PLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1,764.2% in the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,897,337 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $184,457,000 after purchasing an additional 1,795,557 shares during the last quarter. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 116.6% in the 4th quarter. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd now owns 1,594,998 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $155,066,000 after purchasing an additional 858,598 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rafferty Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 44.0% in the fourth quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 1,224,622 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $119,058,000 after purchasing an additional 373,916 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Trading Up 1.1%

NYSEARCA:EWY opened at $184.75 on Friday. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 12-month low of $70.36 and a 12-month high of $220.89. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $191.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $149.06. The firm has a market cap of $22.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.46.

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.