Thornburg Investment Management Inc. Raises Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Thornburg Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 12.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 67,126 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 7,245 shares during the quarter. Thornburg Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $6,446,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Morgan Stanley increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.5% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 31,617,599 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,036,238,000 after buying an additional 4,244,605 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 21,517,515 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,066,327,000 after buying an additional 1,041,180 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% in the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 21,097,652 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,969,888,000 after buying an additional 184,934 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.9% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 15,736,766 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,511,202,000 after buying an additional 1,922,902 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 359.5% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 11,306,948 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,085,806,000 after buying an additional 8,846,240 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of EFA opened at $105.02 on Monday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $102.77 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $100.16. The stock has a market cap of $77.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.78. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $85.68 and a 52 week high of $105.94.

About iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

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.