Disciplined Investments LLC Lowers Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Disciplined Investments LLC reduced its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 10.5% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 8,996 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,058 shares during the quarter. Disciplined Investments LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $804,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 20.2% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 46,571,506 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,806,289,000 after purchasing an additional 7,811,598 shares in the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.3% in the 2nd quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 9,050,985 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $809,068,000 after purchasing an additional 533,545 shares in the last quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.5% in the 1st quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC now owns 2,825,948 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $230,965,000 after purchasing an additional 96,306 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% in the 1st quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,343,426 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $191,528,000 after purchasing an additional 46,879 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.3% in the 1st quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 2,231,792 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $182,404,000 after purchasing an additional 151,364 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of EFA stock opened at $94.51 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $68.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.86. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $72.14 and a 52 week high of $95.53. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $92.73 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $88.61.

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.