Vontobel Holding Ltd. Increases Stock Position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ

Vontobel Holding Ltd. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 115.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 50,953 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 27,274 shares during the period. Vontobel Holding Ltd.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF were worth $1,580,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in EWZ. Phoenix Financial Ltd. boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 276.2% during the second quarter. Phoenix Financial Ltd. now owns 6,609,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $190,670,000 after buying an additional 4,852,250 shares during the last quarter. New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $156,653,000. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 13.8% during the 2nd quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 1,540,907 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $44,211,000 after acquiring an additional 186,332 shares in the last quarter. Man Group plc boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 7,362.6% during the 2nd quarter. Man Group plc now owns 1,392,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $40,166,000 after acquiring an additional 1,373,574 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 1.5% in the third quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 1,260,232 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $39,067,000 after purchasing an additional 18,377 shares in the last quarter. 72.69% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EWZ opened at $31.73 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.13 billion, a PE ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.87. The company’s fifty day moving average is $32.16 and its 200 day moving average is $29.90. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a fifty-two week low of $22.26 and a fifty-two week high of $34.80.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Index 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 Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Brazilian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.