Rockland Trust Co. Increases Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Rockland Trust Co. lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 46.7% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 34,851 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,102 shares during the quarter. Rockland Trust Co.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $3,254,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFA. First National Trust Co increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% during the third quarter. First National Trust Co now owns 84,414 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,882,000 after acquiring an additional 559 shares during the last quarter. Summit Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.8% in the 3rd quarter. Summit Asset Management LLC now owns 85,936 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,024,000 after purchasing an additional 712 shares during the last quarter. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 510,353 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $47,652,000 after purchasing an additional 7,721 shares during the period. AlTi Global Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 6,000,422 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $560,259,000 after purchasing an additional 141,445 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.4% during the 3rd quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 194,472 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $18,158,000 after buying an additional 11,752 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 1.3%

Shares of EFA opened at $103.99 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $72.14 and a twelve month high of $104.17. The company has a market cap of $76.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $98.07 and its 200-day simple moving average is $94.70.

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.