Aegis Wealth Management LLC Cuts Stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Aegis Wealth Management LLC lowered its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 58.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 11,226 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 16,065 shares during the quarter. Aegis Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,078,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Causeway Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 70,110.5% during the 3rd quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC now owns 4,959,667 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $463,084,000 after acquiring an additional 4,952,603 shares during the period. Bessemer Group Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 87.0% in the third quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 4,430,239 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $413,652,000 after purchasing an additional 2,061,536 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings in 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 valued at $504,181,000 after purchasing an additional 1,939,941 shares during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 251.9% during the second quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 2,090,922 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $186,908,000 after purchasing an additional 1,496,680 shares during the period. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 321.9% in the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 1,603,139 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $153,949,000 after buying an additional 1,223,126 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of EFA opened at $93.80 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $69.22 billion, a PE ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $100.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $96.98. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $72.14 and a 1 year high of $105.94.

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.