48,831 Shares in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Bought by Calamos Advisors LLC

Calamos Advisors LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 48,831 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $6,007,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of EWY. Viewpoint Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 20,000.0% in the 1st quarter. Viewpoint Capital Management LLC now owns 201 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Archer Investment Corp bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $25,000. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Nvwm LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $29,000. Finally, Intesa Sanpaolo Wealth Management acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $31,000. Institutional investors own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EWY stock opened at $176.98 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a fifty-two week low of $70.36 and a fifty-two week high of $220.89. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $192.44 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $150.82. The company has a market cap of $21.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.46.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Company Profile

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