iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) was the target of a large growth in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 43,892,976 shares, a growth of 37.6% from the February 26th total of 31,889,320 shares. Approximately 5.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 34,961,379 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in EFA. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.5% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 40,215,965 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,861,939,000 after buying an additional 3,481,849 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.5% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 31,617,599 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,036,238,000 after acquiring an additional 4,244,605 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 21,517,515 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,066,327,000 after acquiring an additional 1,041,180 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 21,303,587 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,045,783,000 after acquiring an additional 205,935 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.9% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 15,736,766 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,511,202,000 after acquiring an additional 1,922,902 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

EFA stock opened at $94.07 on Tuesday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $100.52 and a 200 day moving average price of $97.02. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $72.14 and a fifty-two week high of $105.94. The stock has a market capitalization of $69.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84.

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.