Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY Increases Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA)

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 2.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 109,892 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,822 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF comprises approximately 3.3% of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY’s holdings, making the stock its 5th largest holding. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $9,190,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of EFA. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 33.1% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 8,765,455 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $686,598,000 after buying an additional 2,179,857 shares during the period. AlTi Global Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% in the 2nd quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 6,655,277 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $521,308,000 after buying an additional 517,329 shares during the period. TD Asset Management Inc increased its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 31.0% in the 2nd quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 5,825,155 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $456,284,000 after buying an additional 1,377,019 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 11.9% in the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 3,672,670 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $287,680,000 after buying an additional 391,198 shares during the period. Finally, Stairway Partners LLC increased its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. Stairway Partners LLC now owns 2,920,187 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $228,738,000 after buying an additional 54,895 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $77.52 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $80.52 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $80.24. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $72.02 and a 52-week high of $84.56.

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.