Wesbanco Bank Inc. Increases Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Wesbanco Bank Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 5.4% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 139,303 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 7,083 shares during the quarter. Wesbanco Bank Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $13,531,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 359.5% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 11,306,948 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,085,806,000 after acquiring an additional 8,846,240 shares during the last quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 70,110.5% in the 3rd quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC now owns 4,959,667 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $463,084,000 after purchasing an additional 4,952,603 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.5% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 31,617,599 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,036,238,000 after buying an additional 4,244,605 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.5% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 40,215,965 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,861,939,000 after acquiring an additional 3,481,849 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Valpey Financial Services LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 9,468.5% in the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 2,091,588 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $200,855,000 after buying an additional 2,069,729 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of EFA stock opened at $102.54 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $75.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.78. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $103.31 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $100.72. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $86.74 and a 12 month high of $105.94.

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.