Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors Inc. Acquires 16,765 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG

Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 3.6% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 485,342 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 16,765 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF comprises about 5.3% of Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 7th largest position. Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF were worth $55,290,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Shakespeare Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Shakespeare Wealth Management LLC now owns 176,025 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,053,000 after purchasing an additional 4,133 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 4.5% in the 4th quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 1,239,402 shares of the company’s stock valued at $141,193,000 after buying an additional 53,177 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 8.2% in the 4th quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 224,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,628,000 after buying an additional 16,987 shares in the last quarter. Auxano Advisors LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $303,000. Finally, Synergy Investment Management LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 22.7% in the 4th quarter. Synergy Investment Management LLC now owns 8,946 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,019,000 after buying an additional 1,657 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF stock opened at $120.40 on Thursday. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a one year low of $106.33 and a one year high of $123.63. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $116.58 and a 200 day simple moving average of $116.76.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Company 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.