Harvest Investment Advisors LLC Takes $12.97 Million Position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Harvest Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 135,012 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $12,965,000. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF makes up approximately 7.3% of Harvest Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd biggest holding.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in EFA. Horizon Investments LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2,520.0% in the fourth quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 262 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 252 shares in the last quarter. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $29,000. GoalVest Advisory LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 106.4% in the fourth quarter. GoalVest Advisory LLC now owns 388 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $37,000 after buying an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nemes Rush Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $40,000. 79.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.2%

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $104.31 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $103.02 and its 200 day simple moving average is $100.30. The stock has a market cap of $76.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.78. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $85.68 and a 12-month high of $105.94.

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.