iShares MSCI Italy ETF $EWI Shares Acquired by Montag A & Associates Inc.

Montag A & Associates Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF (NYSEARCA:EWI) by 25.7% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 65,301 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 13,341 shares during the period. Montag A & Associates Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Italy ETF were worth $3,548,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Caitlin John LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF during the third quarter worth $28,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF by 1,596.5% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 910 shares during the last quarter. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF during the second quarter worth $64,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF during the fourth quarter worth $168,000. Finally, Advisory Services Network LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Italy ETF during the third quarter worth $179,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 37.96% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Italy ETF Stock Down 0.1%

EWI stock opened at $57.70 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $662.40 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.30 and a beta of 0.87. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $55.12 and its 200-day simple moving average is $54.28. iShares MSCI Italy ETF has a 52-week low of $44.75 and a 52-week high of $59.17.

iShares MSCI Italy ETF Profile

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