Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Increases Stock Position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 5.5% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 172,116 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,998 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management owned approximately 0.15% of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF worth $19,169,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Basepoint Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Evermay Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 87.0% in the fourth quarter. Evermay Wealth Management LLC now owns 245 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 114 shares in the last quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 327.7% during the fourth quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 278 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 213 shares during the period. Hamilton Point Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF during the fourth quarter worth $37,000. Finally, Dunhill Financial LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 133.8% in the fourth quarter. Dunhill Financial LLC now owns 332 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 190 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Stock Performance

BATS:EFG opened at $120.48 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $106.33 and a 1 year high of $125.71. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $122.23 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $119.16. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 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.