Strs Ohio Takes $2.83 Million Position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Strs Ohio purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 34,655 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $2,832,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 20.2% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 46,571,506 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,806,289,000 after purchasing an additional 7,811,598 shares during the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 29.7% in the 1st quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 8,517,440 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $696,130,000 after purchasing an additional 1,949,126 shares during the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 289.6% in the 4th quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 7,811,793 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $590,650,000 after purchasing an additional 5,806,736 shares during the last quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.5% in the 1st quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC now owns 2,825,948 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $230,965,000 after purchasing an additional 96,306 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% in the 1st quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,343,426 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $191,528,000 after purchasing an additional 46,879 shares during the last quarter. 79.80% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.7%

EFA stock opened at $93.61 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $72.14 and a 1 year high of $93.68. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $90.60 and a 200 day simple moving average of $86.91. The firm has a market cap of $67.51 billion, a PE 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.