HighTower Advisors LLC Has $174.54 Million Position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

HighTower Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 0.7% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 1,680,238 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 12,035 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $174,543,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 40,238,465 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,179,972,000 after acquiring an additional 604,529 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.5% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 31,617,599 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,036,238,000 after acquiring an additional 4,244,605 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 21,517,515 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,066,327,000 after acquiring an additional 1,041,180 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 21,303,587 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,045,783,000 after purchasing an additional 205,935 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.9% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 15,736,766 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,511,202,000 after purchasing an additional 1,922,902 shares during the period. 79.80% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

EFA stock opened at $108.35 on Monday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $91.21 and a fifty-two week high of $108.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $80.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.78. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $105.91 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $103.21.

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. The Index includes stocks from Europe, Australasia and the Far East. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.