Park Avenue Securities LLC Acquires 28,118 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Park Avenue Securities LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 27.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 130,800 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 28,118 shares during the quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $11,692,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 20.2% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 46,571,506 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,806,289,000 after acquiring an additional 7,811,598 shares in the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 29.7% in the 1st quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 8,517,440 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $696,130,000 after purchasing an additional 1,949,126 shares during the period. Mackenzie Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 289.6% in the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 7,811,793 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $590,650,000 after purchasing an additional 5,806,736 shares in the last quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of 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 period. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in shares of 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 period. 79.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $93.00 on Friday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $90.90 and its 200 day simple moving average is $87.16. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $72.14 and a 52-week high of $93.77. The firm has a market cap of $67.07 billion, a PE ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.86.

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.