Natixis Advisors LLC Purchases 952,877 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Natixis Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 68.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 2,341,777 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 952,877 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.32% of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF worth $218,652,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in EFA. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in 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 buying an additional 11,902 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $629,000. Wedbush Securities Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.7% in the second quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 23,124 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,067,000 after purchasing an additional 1,028 shares in the last quarter. Rialto Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% during the second quarter. Rialto Wealth Management LLC now owns 26,877 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,403,000 after buying an additional 1,117 shares during the period. Finally, KCM Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 12.8% in the 2nd quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,965 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $354,000 after purchasing an additional 450 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Down 0.9%

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $98.28 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $72.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $72.14 and a twelve month high of $105.94. The business has a fifty day moving average of $101.00 and a two-hundred day moving average of $96.47.

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. 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.