Vertex Investment Solutions Co. Ltd. Purchases New Position in iShares MSCI Australia ETF $EWA

Vertex Investment Solutions Co. Ltd. purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Australia ETF (NYSEARCA:EWA) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 37,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $980,000. iShares MSCI Australia ETF makes up 1.0% of Vertex Investment Solutions Co. Ltd.’s holdings, making the stock its 17th biggest holding. Vertex Investment Solutions Co. Ltd. owned about 0.08% of iShares MSCI Australia ETF as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in EWA. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Australia ETF by 3,134.0% in the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 778,558 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $20,492,000 after buying an additional 754,484 shares in the last quarter. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Australia ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $14,811,000. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Australia ETF by 340.5% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 570,604 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $15,406,000 after buying an additional 441,077 shares in the last quarter. Krilogy Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Australia ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $7,156,000. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Australia ETF by 120.1% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 348,732 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,416,000 after buying an additional 190,305 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 59.69% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Australia ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA EWA opened at $28.72 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $1.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.89 and a beta of 0.98. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $28.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $27.72. iShares MSCI Australia ETF has a 52 week low of $24.94 and a 52 week high of $30.48.

iShares MSCI Australia ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Australia ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of publicly traded securities in the Australian market, as represented by the MSCI Australia Index (the Index). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Australian equity market.