LifeSteps Financial Inc. Acquires 5,564 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG

LifeSteps Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 515.2% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 6,644 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,564 shares during the period. LifeSteps Financial Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF were worth $796,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of EFG. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 5.4% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 23,610,616 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,937,631,000 after buying an additional 1,210,805 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 35.0% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 4,708,538 shares of the company’s stock worth $524,390,000 after acquiring an additional 1,221,082 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 125.2% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 2,208,206 shares of the company’s stock worth $245,928,000 after acquiring an additional 1,227,595 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 2.8% in the second quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 1,892,107 shares of the company’s stock worth $235,416,000 after acquiring an additional 52,153 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 166.6% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,472,363 shares of the company’s stock worth $163,977,000 after acquiring an additional 920,188 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of BATS:EFG traded up $0.51 on Thursday, hitting $118.98. 325,920 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,376,600. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $107.17 and a 52 week high of $127.44. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $122.70 and a 200-day simple moving average of $121.28. The company has a market cap of $13.99 billion, a PE ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF shares are set to split on the morning of Thursday, November 5th. The 3-1 split was recently announced. The newly minted shares will be payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, November 4th.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Profile

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. The Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer staples, industrials, consumer discretionary, materials, healthcare, financials, information technology, energy, telecommunication services and utilities.