Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Purchases 5,178 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 27.6% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 23,957 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,178 shares during the quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,301,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Causeway Capital Management LLC increased its position in 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 worth $463,084,000 after buying an additional 4,952,603 shares during the period. Bessemer Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 87.0% during the third 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 in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 50.7% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,768,279 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $504,181,000 after acquiring an additional 1,939,941 shares during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 251.9% in the second quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 2,090,922 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $186,908,000 after acquiring an additional 1,496,680 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC grew its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 1,223,126 shares in the last quarter. 79.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:EFA opened at $98.00 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $72.14 and a 52 week high of $105.94. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $100.46 and its 200 day simple moving average is $97.06. The firm has a market cap of $72.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Company 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.