Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. Acquires Shares of 1,870,139 iShares MSCI Spain ETF $EWP

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Spain ETF (NYSEARCA:EWP) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 1,870,139 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $101,057,000. iShares MSCI Spain ETF comprises 0.7% of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd largest holding. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. owned approximately 5.60% of iShares MSCI Spain ETF as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of EWP. Bank of Montreal Can bought a new position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $43,669,000. Schroder Investment Management Group increased its position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF by 3,000.0% during the fourth quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 527,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $28,516,000 after acquiring an additional 510,000 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia bought a new position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $25,370,000. Jane Street Group LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF during the second quarter valued at $16,165,000. Finally, Prudential PLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI Spain ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $16,664,000. Institutional investors own 38.17% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Spain ETF Stock Down 0.0%

EWP stock opened at $58.85 on Thursday. iShares MSCI Spain ETF has a twelve month low of $42.36 and a twelve month high of $59.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.89 and a beta of 0.67. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $57.08 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $55.40.

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.