Banque Cantonale Vaudoise Trims Stake in iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (NYSEARCA:KSA)

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise decreased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (NYSEARCA:KSA) by 5.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 12,344 shares of the company’s stock after selling 768 shares during the period. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise’s holdings in iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF were worth $545,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in KSA. Blue Trust Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 12,732 shares of the company’s stock worth $493,000 after purchasing an additional 377 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 241,502 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,223,000 after buying an additional 1,406 shares during the last quarter. Vanderbilt University lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Vanderbilt University now owns 120,147 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,086,000 after buying an additional 1,525 shares during the period. Florin Court Capital LLP boosted its position in iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF by 6.9% during the fourth quarter. Florin Court Capital LLP now owns 60,074 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,543,000 after acquiring an additional 3,897 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Caprock Group LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $207,000.

iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF Stock Performance

Shares of KSA opened at $41.00 on Friday. iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF has a fifty-two week low of $36.21 and a fifty-two week high of $45.10. The company has a market capitalization of $766.70 million, a PE ratio of 17.50 and a beta of 0.58. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $41.95 and a two-hundred day moving average of $42.80.

About iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF

The iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (KSA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Saudi Arabia IMI 25-50 index, a market-cap-weighted index of Saudi Arabian firms covering 99% of the market cap spectrum. KSA was launched on Sep 16, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.