iShares MSCI Spain ETF (NYSEARCA:EWP) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Spain ETF (NYSEARCA:EWP) saw a significant decrease in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 201,737 shares, a decrease of 72.9% from the August 31st total of 744,798 shares. Currently, 0.6% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 432,892 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days.

iShares MSCI Spain ETF Price Performance

Shares of EWP traded up $0.42 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $61.20. 227,349 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 492,694. The company has a market cap of $2.23 billion, a PE ratio of 10.89 and a beta of 0.67. iShares MSCI Spain ETF has a 52 week low of $48.28 and a 52 week high of $63.44. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $61.66 and a 200 day simple moving average of $58.51.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in EWP. Whitcomb & Hess Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Spain ETF by 2.0% in the second quarter. Whitcomb & Hess Inc. now owns 221,169 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $13,135,000 after acquiring an additional 4,408 shares during the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Spain ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $534,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Spain ETF by 25.6% during the 1st quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 16,285 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $884,000 after purchasing an additional 3,320 shares in the last quarter. Boreal Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Spain ETF by 21.6% during the 1st quarter. Boreal Capital Management LLC now owns 3,153 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $171,000 after purchasing an additional 560 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CacheTech Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Spain ETF by 0.5% in the 1st quarter. CacheTech Inc. now owns 152,935 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,306,000 after buying an additional 723 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 38.17% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Spain ETF Company Profile

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