iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA is Fluent Financial LLC’s 5th Largest Position

Fluent Financial LLC grew its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 58.0% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 159,456 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 58,566 shares during the period. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF makes up 5.9% of Fluent Financial LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 5th biggest position. Fluent Financial LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $14,254,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 20.2% in 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 buying an additional 7,811,598 shares in the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc increased its position in 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 worth $696,130,000 after purchasing an additional 1,949,126 shares in the last quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.5% in the 1st quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC now owns 2,825,948 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $230,965,000 after purchasing an additional 96,306 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% in the 1st quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,343,426 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $191,528,000 after purchasing an additional 46,879 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.3% in the 1st quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 2,231,792 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $182,404,000 after purchasing an additional 151,364 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of EFA stock opened at $94.75 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $92.05 and a 200 day moving average price of $88.04. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $72.14 and a twelve month high of $95.53. The company has a market capitalization of $68.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.86.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Company 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.