iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA Shares Sold by Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. cut its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 51.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 11,372 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 11,933 shares during the quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,092,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in EFA. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings 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 valued at $1,085,806,000 after purchasing an additional 8,846,240 shares in the last quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 70,110.5% in the third quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC now owns 4,959,667 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $463,084,000 after buying an additional 4,952,603 shares during the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 87.0% in the third quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 4,430,239 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $413,652,000 after buying an additional 2,061,536 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC lifted its stake 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 valued at $1,511,202,000 after buying an additional 1,922,902 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC lifted 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. 79.80% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of NYSEARCA EFA opened at $104.69 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $85.68 and a twelve month high of $105.94. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $100.97 and a two-hundred day moving average of $99.40. The stock has a market cap of $77.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.78.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 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.