iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) Shares Purchased by Advisors Capital Management LLC

Advisors Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 17.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 4,568 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 693 shares during the period. Advisors Capital Management LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $345,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of EFA. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.1% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 22,067,950 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,668,558,000 after buying an additional 1,463,799 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $258,750,000. Truist Financial Corp increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.2% in the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 3,372,742 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $255,013,000 after purchasing an additional 134,539 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 124.5% in the fourth quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 3,370,059 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $254,810,000 after purchasing an additional 1,868,602 shares during the period. Finally, CIBC Asset Management Inc raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.3% during the fourth quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 3,081,835 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $233,018,000 after buying an additional 209,174 shares during the last quarter. 79.80% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of EFA stock opened at $80.54 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $81.33 and a 200 day simple moving average of $79.61. The firm has a market capitalization of $56.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.88 and a beta of 0.81. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $72.15 and a 12-month high of $85.19.

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.