iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA Position Trimmed by International Assets Investment Management LLC

International Assets Investment Management LLC decreased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 57.4% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 2,333 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 3,143 shares during the quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $209,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFA. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its stake 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 valued at $3,806,289,000 after purchasing an additional 7,811,598 shares during the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 29.7% during the first 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 last quarter. Bailard Inc. increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 208.7% during the first quarter. Bailard Inc. now owns 1,351,236 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $110,437,000 after purchasing an additional 913,516 shares during the last quarter. USA Financial Formulas increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 28,554.2% during the second quarter. USA Financial Formulas now owns 758,763 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $67,826,000 after purchasing an additional 756,115 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealthspire Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 100.7% during the first quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 1,123,916 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $91,858,000 after purchasing an additional 563,907 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

EFA stock opened at $94.89 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $72.14 and a 1-year high of $95.53. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $93.03 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $89.04. The firm has a market cap of $68.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.86.

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.