Foundations Investment Advisors LLC Increases Stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA)

Foundations Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 2.2% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 6,100 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 130 shares during the period. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $499,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Mackenzie Financial Corp boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 289.6% in the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 7,811,793 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $590,650,000 after acquiring an additional 5,806,736 shares in the last quarter. Capital International Investors boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 401.3% in the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 4,483,982 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $339,034,000 after acquiring an additional 3,589,503 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 4,842.1% in the first quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 2,208,918 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $180,535,000 after acquiring an additional 2,164,222 shares in the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 29.7% in the first quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 8,517,440 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $696,130,000 after acquiring an additional 1,949,126 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 626.8% in the fourth quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 1,575,685 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $119,137,000 after acquiring an additional 1,358,889 shares in the last quarter. 79.80% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 1.1%

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $87.52 on Friday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $88.90 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $84.26. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $72.14 and a 12 month high of $91.57. The company has a market capitalization of $63.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.86.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of its underlying index, MSCI EAFE Index (the Index). The Index has been developed by MSCI Inc as an equity benchmark for its international stock performance.