HighTower Advisors LLC Sells 8,136 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG

HighTower Advisors LLC decreased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 3.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 207,976 shares of the company’s stock after selling 8,136 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC owned about 0.18% of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF worth $23,684,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 94.0% in the second quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 870,647 shares of the company’s stock worth $97,512,000 after buying an additional 421,923 shares during the period. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 11,098.1% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 359,234 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,234,000 after acquiring an additional 356,026 shares in the last quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $28,034,000. Sagespring Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 50.7% during the third quarter. Sagespring Wealth Partners LLC now owns 670,773 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,388,000 after purchasing an additional 225,601 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 34.2% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 455,259 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,526,000 after purchasing an additional 115,944 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of BATS:EFG opened at $122.25 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $117.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $114.99. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 12-month low of $88.66 and a 12-month high of $123.01. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Company 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.