Blair William & Co. IL Acquires 18,661 Shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF $EEM

Blair William & Co. IL boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:EEM) by 19.9% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 112,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 18,661 shares during the period. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF were worth $6,000,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 11.6% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 12,043,203 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $580,964,000 after purchasing an additional 1,256,608 shares during the period. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF during the third quarter valued at about $407,231,000. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. raised its stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 212.1% in the second quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 4,634,821 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $223,062,000 after buying an additional 3,149,813 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 206.0% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 3,240,329 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $156,313,000 after buying an additional 2,181,269 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of Nova Scotia lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 314.6% in the second quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 2,240,422 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $108,078,000 after buying an additional 1,700,100 shares during the period. 81.39% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF Stock Performance

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF stock opened at $58.68 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF has a fifty-two week low of $38.19 and a fifty-two week high of $65.96. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $59.24 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $55.58. The stock has a market cap of $26.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.46 and a beta of 0.64.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (the Fund), seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities in global emerging markets, as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (the Index). The Index is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.