iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Shares Purchased by Banque Pictet & Cie SA

Banque Pictet & Cie SA lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 5.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 84,769 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,600 shares during the period. Banque Pictet & Cie SA owned about 0.10% of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF worth $8,241,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of EWY. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 27.8% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 239,956 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $12,967,000 after buying an additional 52,259 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 3.6% during the 2nd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 5,021 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $360,000 after buying an additional 176 shares during the period. Rhumbline Advisers raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 39.2% during the 2nd quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 95,728 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,871,000 after buying an additional 26,980 shares during the period. Prudential Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 18.8% during the 2nd quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 19,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,364,000 after buying an additional 3,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lido Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,566,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Stock Performance

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF stock opened at $126.22 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.22. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $129.61 and its 200 day moving average price is $105.60. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 1 year low of $48.49 and a 1 year high of $154.22.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.