EP Wealth Advisors LLC Invests $129,000 in iShares MSCI Canada ETF $EWC

EP Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Canada ETF (NYSEARCA:EWC) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 3,171 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $129,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 0.3% in the first quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 1,894,547 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $77,203,000 after acquiring an additional 5,544 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 11.5% in the fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 1,873,190 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $75,489,000 after acquiring an additional 193,743 shares during the last quarter. Korea Investment CORP grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 52.1% in the first quarter. Korea Investment CORP now owns 1,663,100 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $67,771,000 after acquiring an additional 569,707 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 317.4% in the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,468,325 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $59,834,000 after acquiring an additional 1,116,521 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stairway Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1.6% in the first quarter. Stairway Partners LLC now owns 852,439 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $34,737,000 after acquiring an additional 13,177 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Price Performance

EWC opened at $49.42 on Thursday. iShares MSCI Canada ETF has a fifty-two week low of $36.70 and a fifty-two week high of $49.57. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $47.34 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $44.17. The company has a market capitalization of $3.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.77 and a beta of 1.02.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Canada ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The 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 Canadian market, as measured by the MSCI Canada Index (the Index).