Whitcomb & Hess Inc. Buys 395,199 Shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF $EWM

Whitcomb & Hess Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF (NYSEARCA:EWM) during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 395,199 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $10,821,000. iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF makes up about 2.3% of Whitcomb & Hess Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 18th largest position.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 5.1% in the first quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 216,707 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,157,000 after acquiring an additional 10,525 shares during the last quarter. Millburn Ridgefield LLC DE grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 5.1% in the 1st quarter. Millburn Ridgefield LLC DE now owns 216,707 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,157,000 after acquiring an additional 10,525 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 506.5% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 75,987 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,159,000 after purchasing an additional 63,459 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 118.4% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 64,049 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,820,000 after purchasing an additional 34,724 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 12.3% during the first quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 21,043 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $598,000 after purchasing an additional 2,300 shares during the period. 86.75% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF Stock Performance

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF stock traded down $0.51 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $26.61. 90,834 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 322,377. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $27.98 and its 200 day simple moving average is $28.27. The firm has a market cap of $263.44 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.29 and a beta of 0.46. iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF has a 52 week low of $25.32 and a 52 week high of $30.64.

About iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF

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