iShares MSCI Italy ETF $EWI Shares Acquired by Montag A & Associates Inc.

Montag A & Associates Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Italy ETF (NYSEARCA:EWI) by 25.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 65,301 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,341 shares during the period. Montag A & Associates Inc. owned 0.51% of iShares MSCI Italy ETF worth $3,548,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF by 1,596.5% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 910 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $3,287,000. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF by 25.4% during the 2nd quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 8,536 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $411,000 after purchasing an additional 1,730 shares during the last quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF by 29.6% during the 2nd quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 12,862 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $619,000 after purchasing an additional 2,939 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF by 1,035,275.0% during the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 41,415 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,994,000 after purchasing an additional 41,411 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 37.96% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Italy ETF Stock Performance

EWI stock opened at $57.70 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $662.40 million, a P/E ratio of 12.30 and a beta of 0.87. iShares MSCI Italy ETF has a one year low of $44.75 and a one year high of $59.17. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $55.12 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $54.28.

iShares MSCI Italy ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Italy Capped Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Italy 25/50 Index (Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Milan Stock Exchange. The Underlying 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 Underlying Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Underlying Index weight.