iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA Shares Sold by Ameritas Advisory Services LLC

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC decreased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 14.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 17,249 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 2,909 shares during the period. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,542,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 20.2% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 46,571,506 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,806,289,000 after purchasing an additional 7,811,598 shares during the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 29.7% during the 1st quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 8,517,440 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $696,130,000 after buying an additional 1,949,126 shares during the last quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.5% during the 1st 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 last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% during the 1st 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 last quarter. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.3% during the 1st quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 2,231,792 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $182,404,000 after buying an additional 151,364 shares during the last quarter. 79.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of EFA opened at $95.08 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $68.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.86. The company has a 50-day moving average of $91.69 and a two-hundred day moving average of $87.84. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $72.14 and a 12-month high of $95.27.

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.