BLB&B Advisors LLC Decreases Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

BLB&B Advisors LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 7.0% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 26,950 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 2,038 shares during the quarter. BLB&B Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,409,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Atria Investments Inc lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 34.7% in the 2nd quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 394,002 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $35,220,000 after acquiring an additional 101,463 shares during the last quarter. Savvy Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter. Savvy Advisors Inc. now owns 11,137 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $996,000 after acquiring an additional 187 shares during the last quarter. Live Oak Private Wealth LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 26.0% in the second quarter. Live Oak Private Wealth LLC now owns 23,598 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,109,000 after purchasing an additional 4,872 shares during the last quarter. Grant Street Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.1% in the second quarter. Grant Street Asset Management Inc. now owns 359,209 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $32,110,000 after purchasing an additional 7,387 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.7% in the second quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 11,351 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,015,000 after purchasing an additional 909 shares during the last quarter. 79.80% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA EFA opened at $94.70 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $68.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $72.14 and a 1 year high of $95.95. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $93.34 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $89.77.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Company 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.