Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Has $18.43 Million Stock Position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 14.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 161,867 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 20,519 shares during the quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management owned approximately 0.14% of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF worth $18,433,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in EFG. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 94.0% during the second quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 870,647 shares of the company’s stock worth $97,512,000 after acquiring an additional 421,923 shares in the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 11,098.1% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 359,234 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,234,000 after purchasing an additional 356,026 shares during the last quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $28,034,000. Sagespring Wealth Partners LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 50.7% in the 3rd quarter. Sagespring Wealth Partners LLC now owns 670,773 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,388,000 after purchasing an additional 225,601 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 34.2% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 455,259 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,526,000 after purchasing an additional 115,944 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of BATS EFG opened at $122.75 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $118.06 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $115.13. The company has a market cap of $14.44 billion, a PE ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $88.66 and a twelve month high of $123.01.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Growth Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a subset of the MSCI EAFE Index and constituents of the Index include securities from Europe, Australasia (Australia and Asia), and the Far East. The Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer staples, industrials, consumer discretionary, materials, healthcare, financials, information technology, energy, telecommunication services and utilities.