iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA Stake Cut by Goelzer Investment Management Inc.

Goelzer Investment Management Inc. cut its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 20.7% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 19,832 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 5,169 shares during the quarter. Goelzer Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,060,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Milestone Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 360.6% in the 3rd quarter. Milestone Asset Management LLC now owns 51,519 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,352,000 after purchasing an additional 40,335 shares during the last quarter. Neumann Capital Management LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.7% in the third quarter. Neumann Capital Management LLC now owns 30,979 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,218,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119 shares during the period. Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc. raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.7% in the third quarter. Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc. now owns 94,570 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,825,000 after purchasing an additional 5,089 shares during the period. Financial & Tax Architects LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.4% during the third quarter. Financial & Tax Architects LLC now owns 226,875 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $23,570,000 after purchasing an additional 11,536 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AdvisorNet Financial Inc lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.7% during the third quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 141,110 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $14,499,000 after purchasing an additional 6,299 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Down 0.1%

NYSEARCA:EFA traded down $0.12 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $103.55. 17,055,694 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 16,503,645. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $91.21 and a twelve month high of $108.89. The business has a 50-day moving average of $106.07 and a two-hundred day moving average of $104.22. The company has a market capitalization of $76.85 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.