Avity Investment Management Inc. Buys 12,548 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Avity Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 11.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 125,351 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,548 shares during the quarter. Avity Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $12,037,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Causeway Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 70,110.5% during 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 during the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 87.0% during the 3rd quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 4,430,239 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $413,652,000 after buying an additional 2,061,536 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 50.7% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,768,279 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $504,181,000 after buying an additional 1,939,941 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 251.9% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 2,090,922 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $186,908,000 after buying an additional 1,496,680 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 321.9% in the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 1,603,139 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $153,949,000 after buying an additional 1,223,126 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EFA stock opened at $93.80 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $72.14 and a fifty-two week high of $105.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $69.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $100.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $96.95.

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.