Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Has $2.30 Million Stock Position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 27.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 23,957 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,178 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,301,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of EFA. Northern Trust Corp lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% in the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 21,097,652 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,969,888,000 after buying an additional 184,934 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 13,813,864 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,289,800,000 after acquiring an additional 211,523 shares during the last quarter. AlTi Global Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.4% during the 3rd 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 raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 50.7% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,768,279 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $504,181,000 after acquiring an additional 1,939,941 shares during the period. Finally, Causeway Capital Management LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 70,110.5% in 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. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $98.00 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $100.46 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $97.06. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $72.14 and a 1 year high of $105.94. The company has a market capitalization of $72.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84.

About iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

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.