Savvy Advisors Inc. increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA – Free Report) by 257.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 41,742 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 30,079 shares during the period. Savvy Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $4,008,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of EFA. Causeway Capital Management LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 70,110.5% during the third quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC now owns 4,959,667 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $463,084,000 after buying an additional 4,952,603 shares in the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. raised its position 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 buying an additional 2,061,536 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 1,939,941 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 251.9% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 2,090,922 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $186,908,000 after acquiring an additional 1,496,680 shares during the period. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 321.9% during the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 1,603,139 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $153,949,000 after acquiring an additional 1,223,126 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.80% of the company’s stock.
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance
NYSEARCA EFA opened at $98.00 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $100.42 and its 200 day simple moving average is $97.12. The firm has a market capitalization of $72.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84. 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.
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