Vertex Investment Solutions Co. Ltd. Buys New Stake in iShares MSCI Spain ETF $EWP

Vertex Investment Solutions Co. Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Spain ETF (NYSEARCA:EWP) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 20,800 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $1,119,000. iShares MSCI Spain ETF comprises approximately 1.1% of Vertex Investment Solutions Co. Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest holding. Vertex Investment Solutions Co. Ltd. owned 0.06% of iShares MSCI Spain ETF as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of EWP. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF by 14.0% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 14,860 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $565,000 after acquiring an additional 1,830 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Spain ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $427,000. Jane Street Group LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Spain ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $16,165,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF by 0.4% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 163,026 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,178,000 after acquiring an additional 626 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Benjamin Edwards Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Spain ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $1,178,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 38.17% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Spain ETF Stock Down 1.1%

NYSEARCA:EWP opened at $55.63 on Friday. iShares MSCI Spain ETF has a 52 week low of $41.85 and a 52 week high of $58.99. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $55.28 and a 200 day moving average of $54.29. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.89 and a beta of 0.67.

About iShares MSCI Spain ETF

iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. 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 Spanish market, as measured by the MSCI Spain Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Spanish equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.