iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG Shares Bought by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 8.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 224,963 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 16,987 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC owned 0.19% of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF worth $25,628,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Auxano Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $303,000. Synergy Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 22.7% in the fourth quarter. Synergy Investment Management LLC now owns 8,946 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,019,000 after acquiring an additional 1,657 shares during the last quarter. Ironwood Investment Counsel LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Ironwood Investment Counsel LLC now owns 14,855 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,692,000 after purchasing an additional 226 shares in the last quarter. Intrua Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $266,000. Finally, Odyssey Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $1,244,000.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EFG stock opened at $121.48 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $116.80 and its two-hundred day moving average is $116.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $106.33 and a fifty-two week high of $123.63.

About iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Growth Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a subset of the MSCI EAFE Index and constituents of the Index include securities from Europe, Australasia (Australia and Asia), and the Far East. The Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer staples, industrials, consumer discretionary, materials, healthcare, financials, information technology, energy, telecommunication services and utilities.