Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc. Increases Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 11.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 82,526 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 8,437 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for approximately 3.8% of Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $7,705,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. TD Asset Management Inc increased its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.3% during the 2nd quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 9,050,985 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $809,068,000 after purchasing an additional 533,545 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% during the second quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 8,689,604 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $776,764,000 after purchasing an additional 28,965 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.8% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 6,415,811 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $573,501,000 after buying an additional 176,415 shares during the last quarter. AlTi Global Inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.1% during the 2nd quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 5,858,977 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $523,751,000 after buying an additional 61,599 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 50.7% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,768,279 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $504,181,000 after acquiring an additional 1,939,941 shares during the last quarter. 79.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of NYSEARCA EFA opened at $100.74 on Monday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $72.14 and a 1-year high of $102.32. The company has a 50-day moving average of $97.17 and a two-hundred day moving average of $94.18. The company has a market cap of $74.35 billion, a PE ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84.

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.