iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG Stock Position Trimmed by WealthShield Partners LLC

WealthShield Partners LLC cut its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 52.2% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 10,547 shares of the company’s stock after selling 11,500 shares during the quarter. WealthShield Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF were worth $1,201,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. MML Investors Services LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 8.0% during the 2nd quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 1,333,981 shares of the company’s stock worth $149,406,000 after buying an additional 99,158 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 1.1% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,242,079 shares of the company’s stock worth $138,664,000 after buying an additional 13,888 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 1,186,225 shares of the company’s stock worth $135,087,000 after buying an additional 18,360 shares in the last quarter. UBS Group AG raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,003,918 shares of the company’s stock worth $114,326,000 after buying an additional 9,384 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $83,908,000.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Trading Down 1.9%

EFG stock opened at $120.93 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $105.62 and a 52 week high of $123.63. The company has a market capitalization of $14.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $116.38 and its two-hundred day moving average is $116.54.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Company 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.