City Center Advisors LLC Boosts Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

City Center Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 18.6% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 12,750 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 2,004 shares during the period. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF comprises about 1.2% of City Center Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 13th biggest position. City Center Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,140,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 20.2% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 46,571,506 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,806,289,000 after buying an additional 7,811,598 shares during the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc increased its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 29.7% during the first quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 8,517,440 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $696,130,000 after buying an additional 1,949,126 shares during the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp increased its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 289.6% during the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 7,811,793 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $590,650,000 after buying an additional 5,806,736 shares during the last quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC increased its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.5% during the first quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC now owns 2,825,948 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $230,965,000 after buying an additional 96,306 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% during the first quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,343,426 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $191,528,000 after buying an additional 46,879 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA EFA opened at $92.99 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $72.14 and a 52-week high of $93.39. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $90.50 and a 200 day simple moving average of $86.76. The company has a market capitalization of $67.06 billion, a PE ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.86.

About iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

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.