iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) Hits New 52-Week High – Here’s What Happened

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $97.60 and last traded at $100.76, with a volume of 514730 shares. The stock had previously closed at $96.10.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Stock Performance

The company’s fifty day moving average price is $99.22 and its 200 day moving average price is $102.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.36 and a beta of 0.97.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in EFG. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 18,989.0% in the 3rd quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 835,333 shares of the company’s stock valued at $89,924,000 after purchasing an additional 830,957 shares during the last quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $66,343,000. Park Avenue Securities LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 22.4% during the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 2,926,949 shares of the company’s stock worth $283,416,000 after buying an additional 536,191 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 46.2% in the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,548,002 shares of the company’s stock worth $158,361,000 after buying an additional 489,230 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Axiom Advisory LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 9.2% in the third quarter. Axiom Advisory LLC now owns 5,422,968 shares of the company’s stock valued at $562,613,000 after buying an additional 455,586 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Growth Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a subset of the MSCI EAFE Index and constituents of the Index include securities from Europe, Australasia (Australia and Asia), and the Far East.