iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA Stake Increased by Kestra Advisory Services LLC

Kestra Advisory Services LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 3.9% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 349,497 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,265 shares during the period. Kestra Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $36,309,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of EFA. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 40,238,465 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,179,972,000 after acquiring an additional 604,529 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.9% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 7,285,707 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $756,839,000 after purchasing an additional 713,952 shares during the period. AlTi Global Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.1% during the first quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 6,222,715 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $604,412,000 after purchasing an additional 69,780 shares during the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 27.9% during the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 5,586,139 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $542,581,000 after purchasing an additional 1,218,669 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 214.8% during the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 3,734,895 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $362,770,000 after purchasing an additional 2,548,421 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.8%

EFA stock traded down $0.81 during trading on Friday, reaching $101.89. 19,511,972 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 16,409,273. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $104.65 and a 200-day moving average price of $103.33. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $91.21 and a 1 year high of $108.89. The firm has a market capitalization of $75.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.79.

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.