iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ is FPC Investment Advisory Inc.’s 9th Largest Position

FPC Investment Advisory Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 39.9% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 94,570 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 26,978 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI Japan ETF accounts for approximately 3.3% of FPC Investment Advisory Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. FPC Investment Advisory Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $8,258,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Lifeworks Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 34.5% in the 1st quarter. Lifeworks Advisors LLC now owns 31,367 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,649,000 after purchasing an additional 8,048 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 87.7% in the first quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 1,239 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $107,000 after buying an additional 579 shares during the last quarter. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the first quarter worth $1,003,000. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 15.6% during the first quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 12,965 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,095,000 after buying an additional 1,745 shares during the period. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp increased its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 612,227.5% during the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 244,931 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $20,682,000 after acquiring an additional 244,891 shares during the last quarter. 64.60% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

EWJ stock opened at $94.55 on Monday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a twelve month low of $71.51 and a twelve month high of $97.52. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $92.65 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $88.59.

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). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.