Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC Acquires 3,016 Shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU)

Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU) by 2.9% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 108,683 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,016 shares during the quarter. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF were worth $3,684,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in EWU. Whittier Trust Co. lifted its position in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 83.2% in the 3rd quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 1,832 shares of the company’s stock valued at $69,000 after acquiring an additional 832 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 16.8% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,195 shares of the company’s stock valued at $157,000 after purchasing an additional 602 shares in the last quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $201,000. Lunt Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF during the third quarter worth $204,000. Finally, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $212,000.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Price Performance

EWU opened at $35.54 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF has a 1 year low of $31.58 and a 1 year high of $37.88. The company has a market capitalization of $2.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.86 and a beta of 0.68. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $34.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $35.74.

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Profile

The iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI United Kingdom index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of British companies. It covers the top 85% of British companies by market cap. EWU was launched on Mar 12, 1996 and is managed by BlackRock.