iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA Shares Sold by iA Global Asset Management Inc.

iA Global Asset Management Inc. cut its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 6.9% during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 163,767 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 12,227 shares during the period. iA Global Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $15,907,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.3% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 236,460 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $17,879,000 after purchasing an additional 11,902 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $629,000. First Trust Advisors LP lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.4% during the 2nd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 3,190 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $285,000 after buying an additional 377 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 21.5% in the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 115,897 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,360,000 after buying an additional 20,528 shares during the period. Finally, Sei Investments Co. boosted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.1% in the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 75,960 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,790,000 after buying an additional 4,348 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.4%

NYSEARCA:EFA opened at $103.88 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $103.31 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $100.87. The company has a market cap of $76.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.78. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $86.74 and a 52 week high of $105.94.

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.