NewEdge Advisors LLC Purchases 527,578 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG

NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 391.7% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 662,281 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 527,578 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC owned about 0.56% of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF worth $73,758,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in EFG. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 125.2% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 2,208,206 shares of the company’s stock worth $245,928,000 after purchasing an additional 1,227,595 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 35.0% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 4,708,538 shares of the company’s stock worth $524,390,000 after buying an additional 1,221,082 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 690.4% during the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 1,140,998 shares of the company’s stock valued at $127,073,000 after buying an additional 996,633 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 166.6% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,472,363 shares of the company’s stock valued at $163,977,000 after buying an additional 920,188 shares during the period. Finally, Quent Long Short Global Small Cap Fund LP purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $62,299,000.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of EFG stock opened at $124.37 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $107.17 and a 12 month high of $125.71. The stock has a market cap of $14.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $122.27 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $119.71.

About iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

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.