iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) is GFS Advisors LLC’s 8th Largest Position

GFS Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 4.5% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 258,522 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 11,100 shares during the period. iShares MSCI Japan ETF comprises 2.6% of GFS Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 8th largest holding. GFS Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $17,347,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the third quarter worth about $30,000. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 66.7% during the 4th quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 445 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 178 shares in the last quarter. City Holding Co. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 25.0% during the 4th quarter. City Holding Co. now owns 1,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $67,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. bought a new position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the fourth quarter worth $72,000. Finally, WestEnd Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 19.8% in the third quarter. WestEnd Advisors LLC now owns 2,427 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $174,000 after purchasing an additional 401 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

EWJ stock opened at $68.31 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $67.93 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $68.86. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 1-year low of $60.62 and a 1-year high of $73.24. The firm has a market cap of $16.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.63 and a beta of 0.73.

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).