iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ Shares Acquired by Wellington Management Group LLP

Wellington Management Group LLP raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 45.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,797,317 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 564,165 shares during the quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP owned about 0.71% of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF worth $62,007,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Polianta Ltd bought a new position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF during the second quarter worth $9,356,000. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 586.9% during the fourth quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 328,458 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,486,000 after purchasing an additional 280,639 shares during the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF during the first quarter valued at $3,065,000. Cercano Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF during the fourth quarter worth $15,598,000. Finally, Randolph Co Inc acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF during the first quarter worth $33,390,000. Institutional investors own 72.69% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA EWZ opened at $38.09 on Thursday. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a one year low of $28.66 and a one year high of $42.02. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $35.29 and a 200-day simple moving average of $36.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.64 billion, a PE ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.61.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Index 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 Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Brazilian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.