iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Stake Raised by JGP Wealth Management LLC

JGP Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 35.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,459 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,498 shares during the period. JGP Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $709,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Innova Wealth Partners increased its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 205.2% in the 2nd quarter. Innova Wealth Partners now owns 28,113 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,108,000 after purchasing an additional 18,901 shares during the last quarter. RoundAngle Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter. RoundAngle Advisors LLC now owns 25,737 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,930,000 after purchasing an additional 335 shares during the last quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 26.7% in the 2nd quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 330,592 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $24,784,000 after purchasing an additional 69,675 shares during the last quarter. MGO One Seven LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 7.8% in the 2nd quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 26,800 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,009,000 after purchasing an additional 1,934 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Genesee Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 5.6% in the 2nd quarter. Genesee Capital Advisors LLC now owns 14,150 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,061,000 after purchasing an additional 753 shares during the last quarter. 64.60% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

Shares of EWJ stock opened at $80.04 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a fifty-two week low of $59.84 and a fifty-two week high of $83.60. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $79.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $74.53. The firm has a market cap of $15.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan 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 Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index).