iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA Position Increased by Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 7.7% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 209,386 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 14,914 shares during the quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $20,107,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.3% during the 4th 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 bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $629,000. First Trust Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of 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 valued at $285,000 after purchasing an additional 377 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 21.5% during the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 115,897 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,360,000 after purchasing an additional 20,528 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.1% during the second 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 in the last quarter. 79.80% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA EFA opened at $102.32 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $84.36 and a fifty-two week high of $105.94. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $100.09 and its two-hundred day moving average is $98.20. The firm has a market cap of $75.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.80.

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.