Bank of America Corp DE Decreases Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Bank of America Corp DE reduced its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 1.4% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 39,633,936 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 582,029 shares during the quarter. Bank of America Corp DE owned about 0.05% of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF worth $3,849,644,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Hamilton Wealth LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 100.0% during the first quarter. Hamilton Wealth LLC now owns 11,446 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,112,000 after buying an additional 5,723 shares during the last quarter. Genesis Financial Group LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.6% in the 1st quarter. Genesis Financial Group LLC now owns 63,195 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,138,000 after acquiring an additional 393 shares during the last quarter. Financial Insights Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Financial Insights Inc. now owns 4,158 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $404,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares during the last quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 54.7% during the 1st quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc. now owns 82,282 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,992,000 after acquiring an additional 29,083 shares during the period. Finally, Arkadios Wealth Advisors raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.0% during the 1st quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 112,924 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $10,968,000 after acquiring an additional 3,296 shares during the period. 79.80% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of EFA stock opened at $103.37 on Thursday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $86.74 and a twelve month high of $105.94. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $103.86 and its 200-day moving average price is $101.96. The stock has a market cap of $76.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.78.

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.