Fifth Third Bancorp Boosts Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Fifth Third Bancorp boosted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 0.7% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,210,680 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,938 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp owned about 0.17% of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF worth $113,041,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of EFA. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 8,689,604 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $776,764,000 after buying an additional 28,965 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.8% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 6,415,811 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $573,501,000 after acquiring an additional 176,415 shares during the period. AlTi Global Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.4% during the third quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 6,000,422 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $560,259,000 after acquiring an additional 141,445 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 50.7% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,768,279 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $504,181,000 after acquiring an additional 1,939,941 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bessemer Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 87.0% in the 3rd quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 4,430,239 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $413,652,000 after acquiring an additional 2,061,536 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

EFA stock opened at $104.24 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $76.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $98.78 and a 200 day moving average price of $95.12. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $72.14 and a 12 month high of $105.24.

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. The Index includes stocks from Europe, Australasia and the Far East. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.