18,714 Shares in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Purchased by Perigon Wealth Management LLC

Perigon Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 18,714 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $1,819,000.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EWY. TD Asset Management Inc lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 85.5% in the 3rd quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 1,536,532 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $123,076,000 after acquiring an additional 708,000 shares during the period. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1,194.2% during the second quarter. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd now owns 736,400 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $52,859,000 after purchasing an additional 679,500 shares during the period. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 36,038.6% in the fourth quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 385,237 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $37,453,000 after purchasing an additional 384,171 shares in the last quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 79.7% in the third quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 823,077 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $65,848,000 after purchasing an additional 365,091 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tradewinds Capital Management LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the fourth quarter worth $31,534,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Price Performance

EWY opened at $122.87 on Monday. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a fifty-two week low of $48.49 and a fifty-two week high of $154.22. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $129.84 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $106.39. The company has a market capitalization of $16.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.22.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF 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.