Blair William & Co. IL Grows Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Blair William & Co. IL increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 5.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 854,703 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 42,220 shares during the quarter. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $79,804,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 13,813,864 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,289,800,000 after buying an additional 211,523 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the second quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 8,689,604 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $776,764,000 after purchasing an additional 28,965 shares during the last quarter. AlTi Global Inc. grew its stake 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 period. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 50.7% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,768,279 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $504,181,000 after purchasing an additional 1,939,941 shares during the period. Finally, Bessemer Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 87.0% in the third quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 4,430,239 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $413,652,000 after buying an additional 2,061,536 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of EFA stock opened at $98.28 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $72.14 and a 12 month high of $105.94. The stock has a market cap of $72.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $101.00 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $96.44.

About iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

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.