iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) Shares Acquired by Blair William & Co. IL

Blair William & Co. IL grew its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 58.8% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 2,700 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,000 shares during the quarter. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF were worth $70,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Optiver Holding B.V. raised its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 593.7% during the fourth quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. now owns 4,097,803 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $92,242,000 after acquiring an additional 3,507,076 shares during the period. Rafferty Asset Management LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 92.2% during the fourth quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 3,444,830 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $77,543,000 after acquiring an additional 1,652,786 shares during the period. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. raised its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 59.8% during the fourth quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 1,616,714 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $36,417,000 after acquiring an additional 605,127 shares during the period. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF during the first quarter worth about $20,315,000. Finally, ADAPT Investment Managers SA acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $12,626,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.69% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Stock Down 0.7%

EWZ opened at $28.18 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $5.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.97. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a fifty-two week low of $22.26 and a fifty-two week high of $31.14. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $27.76 and its 200 day moving average price is $26.61.

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).