Maryland State Retirement & Pension System Purchases 31,936 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Maryland State Retirement & Pension System raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 45.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 102,433 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 31,936 shares during the period. Maryland State Retirement & Pension System’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $9,837,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Morgan Stanley raised its position 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 purchasing an additional 4,244,605 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 21,517,515 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,066,327,000 after purchasing an additional 1,041,180 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 21,097,652 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,969,888,000 after purchasing an additional 184,934 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.9% during the 4th 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 period. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 359.5% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 11,306,948 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,085,806,000 after acquiring an additional 8,846,240 shares during the period. 79.80% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $104.31 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $103.02 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $100.30. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $85.68 and a 1-year high of $105.94. The company has a market cap of $76.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.78.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 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.