iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF $EEM Position Boosted by Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University

Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:EEM) by 102.7% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,035,926 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,577,226 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF comprises approximately 60.5% of Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University’s holdings, making the stock its biggest holding. Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University owned approximately 2.04% of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF worth $513,150,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 118,587 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,959,000 after buying an additional 1,940 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 13.3% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 80,248 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,507,000 after purchasing an additional 9,437 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $3,957,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $462,000. Finally, Quantinno Capital Management LP boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 3.1% in the second quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 43,885 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,117,000 after buying an additional 1,320 shares during the period. 81.39% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EEM stock opened at $63.29 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $67.11 and its 200-day simple moving average is $62.25. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF has a 1-year low of $47.98 and a 1-year high of $71.57. The company has a market capitalization of $28.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.46 and a beta of 0.72.

About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (the Fund), seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities in global emerging markets, as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (the Index). The Index is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.