Creative Planning Acquires 25,038 Shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF $EWU

Creative Planning lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU) by 15.0% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 192,278 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 25,038 shares during the period. Creative Planning’s holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF were worth $7,637,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 6.2% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 8,775,328 shares of the company’s stock valued at $328,812,000 after acquiring an additional 513,125 shares during the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 0.3% during the 1st quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 1,815,910 shares of the company’s stock valued at $68,042,000 after purchasing an additional 4,748 shares during the last quarter. New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 6,770.7% during the 1st quarter. New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC now owns 1,723,320 shares of the company’s stock worth $64,573,000 after purchasing an additional 1,698,238 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 62.2% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 1,597,495 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,858,000 after purchasing an additional 612,672 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 4.8% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 467,703 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,577,000 after buying an additional 21,457 shares in the last quarter. 58.38% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA EWU opened at $41.73 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $42.28 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $40.90. The stock has a market cap of $2.66 billion, a PE ratio of 15.42 and a beta of 0.71. iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF has a fifty-two week low of $32.76 and a fifty-two week high of $43.72.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Profile

The iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI United Kingdom index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of British companies. It covers the top 85% of British companies by market cap. EWU was launched on Mar 12, 1996 and is managed by BlackRock.