Cetera Investment Advisers Increases Stock Position in iShares MSCI Australia ETF $EWA

Cetera Investment Advisers raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Australia ETF (NYSEARCA:EWA) by 697.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 77,152 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 67,481 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers owned 0.13% of iShares MSCI Australia ETF worth $2,031,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Hsbc Holdings PLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Australia ETF by 10.0% in the first quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,745,524 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,915,000 after purchasing an additional 159,134 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Australia ETF by 10.1% during the 2nd quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 312,532 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,226,000 after buying an additional 28,762 shares in the last quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI Australia ETF by 104.1% in the 1st quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 284,408 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,667,000 after acquiring an additional 145,027 shares during the last quarter. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI Australia ETF by 5.1% in the 2nd quarter. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 233,063 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,134,000 after acquiring an additional 11,406 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Palisades Hudson Asset Management L.P. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Australia ETF by 2.1% during the 1st quarter. Palisades Hudson Asset Management L.P. now owns 192,351 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,509,000 after acquiring an additional 4,001 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 59.69% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Australia ETF Stock Performance

EWA stock opened at $25.85 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $26.59 and a 200 day moving average price of $26.47. iShares MSCI Australia ETF has a fifty-two week low of $20.50 and a fifty-two week high of $27.57. The firm has a market cap of $1.40 billion, a PE ratio of 19.89 and a beta of 1.04.

iShares MSCI Australia ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Australia ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of publicly traded securities in the Australian market, as represented by the MSCI Australia Index (the Index).