Bfsg LLC Grows Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Bfsg LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 48.3% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 765 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 249 shares during the quarter. Bfsg LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $68,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in EFA. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 20.2% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 46,571,506 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,806,289,000 after buying an additional 7,811,598 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 4,842.1% in the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 2,208,918 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $180,535,000 after purchasing an additional 2,164,222 shares in the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 29.7% in the 1st quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 8,517,440 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $696,130,000 after purchasing an additional 1,949,126 shares in the last quarter. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 4,335.0% in the 1st quarter. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC now owns 1,198,109 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $97,921,000 after purchasing an additional 1,171,094 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bailard Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 208.7% in the 1st quarter. Bailard Inc. now owns 1,351,236 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $110,437,000 after purchasing an additional 913,516 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of EFA opened at $93.12 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $72.14 and a twelve month high of $93.77. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $91.09 and its two-hundred day moving average is $87.29. The firm has a market capitalization of $67.16 billion, a PE ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.86.

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.