Park Avenue Securities LLC Decreases Stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG

Park Avenue Securities LLC lessened its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 73.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 417,288 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,180,901 shares during the period. Park Avenue Securities LLC owned 0.35% of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF worth $47,521,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of EFG. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 5.4% in the 2nd quarter. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. now owns 433,332 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,533,000 after purchasing an additional 22,283 shares during the last quarter. FLP Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 121.9% during the third quarter. FLP Wealth Management LLC now owns 14,804 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,686,000 after purchasing an additional 8,132 shares in the last quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF during the second quarter worth $28,034,000. AMG National Trust Bank boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 5.5% during the second quarter. AMG National Trust Bank now owns 12,378 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,386,000 after buying an additional 648 shares during the period. Finally, Merit Financial Group LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 23.4% in the second quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 553,717 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,016,000 after buying an additional 104,980 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Trading Up 22.8%

EFG stock opened at $117.98 on Wednesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $114.19 and its 200 day moving average price is $113.00. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 12-month low of $88.66 and a 12-month high of $113.16. The company has a market capitalization of $13.87 billion, a PE ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Profile

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Growth Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a subset of the MSCI EAFE Index and constituents of the Index include securities from Europe, Australasia (Australia and Asia), and the Far East. The Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer staples, industrials, consumer discretionary, materials, healthcare, financials, information technology, energy, telecommunication services and utilities.