Sound View Wealth Advisors Group LLC Raises Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Sound View Wealth Advisors Group LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 10.1% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 7,454 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 685 shares during the quarter. Sound View Wealth Advisors Group LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $666,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted 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 valued at $3,806,289,000 after purchasing an additional 7,811,598 shares during the last quarter. Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 222.4% in the second quarter. Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University now owns 3,346,434 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $299,138,000 after purchasing an additional 2,308,580 shares during the period. Bessemer Group Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 3,057.6% in the second quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 2,368,703 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $211,738,000 after purchasing an additional 2,293,687 shares during the period. TD Asset Management Inc lifted 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 valued at $696,130,000 after buying an additional 1,949,126 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bailard Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 208.7% in the 1st quarter. Bailard Inc. now owns 1,351,236 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $110,437,000 after buying an additional 913,516 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.4%

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $94.30 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $93.60 and a 200 day simple moving average of $90.45. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $72.14 and a 1-year high of $95.95. The firm has a market capitalization of $68.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84.

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.