Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Increases Holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:EEMS)

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:EEMS) by 9.4% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 8,822 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 757 shares during the quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF were worth $491,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EEMS. Rebalance LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 2.2% in the 4th quarter. Rebalance LLC now owns 18,357 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,067,000 after acquiring an additional 387 shares during the last quarter. Synergy Investment Management LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $36,000. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $57,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 20.6% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 11,647 shares of the company’s stock worth $677,000 after purchasing an additional 1,993 shares during the period. Finally, BIP Wealth LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 36.3% in the fourth quarter. BIP Wealth LLC now owns 7,837 shares of the company’s stock worth $456,000 after purchasing an additional 2,086 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:EEMS opened at $65.29 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $385.21 million, a PE ratio of 15.93 and a beta of 0.71. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $61.34 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.24. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF has a 1 year low of $50.05 and a 1 year high of $65.31.

About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (EEMS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap index, a market-cap-weighted index of emerging markets stocks with market capitalizations between $200M and $1.5B. EEMS was launched on Aug 16, 2011 and is managed by BlackRock.