Roberts Glore & Co. Inc. IL Buys New Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Roberts Glore & Co. Inc. IL bought a new stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor bought 5,877 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $564,000.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Northern Trust Corp boosted its position in shares of 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 valued at $1,969,888,000 after acquiring an additional 184,934 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.9% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 15,736,766 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,511,202,000 after purchasing an additional 1,922,902 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 359.5% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 11,306,948 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,085,806,000 after purchasing an additional 8,846,240 shares in the last quarter. AlTi Global Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 6,000,422 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $560,259,000 after purchasing an additional 141,445 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Causeway Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 70,110.5% in the 3rd quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC now owns 4,959,667 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $463,084,000 after purchasing an additional 4,952,603 shares in the last quarter. 79.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:EFA opened at $101.72 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $85.68 and a 52 week high of $105.94. The company’s fifty day moving average is $99.97 and its 200-day moving average is $98.79. The company has a market capitalization of $75.07 billion, a PE 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.