National Bank of Canada FI Trims Position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA)

National Bank of Canada FI decreased its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 87.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 95,859 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 641,539 shares during the quarter. National Bank of Canada FI’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $7,249,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Walleye Capital LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 26.0% in the third quarter. Walleye Capital LLC now owns 6,300 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $527,000 after purchasing an additional 1,300 shares during the period. EP Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 12.0% in the third quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 176,539 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $14,764,000 after buying an additional 18,894 shares during the last quarter. Zacks Investment Management boosted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.1% during the third quarter. Zacks Investment Management now owns 6,091 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $509,000 after buying an additional 705 shares during the period. Bontempo Ohly Capital Mgmt LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.4% during the third quarter. Bontempo Ohly Capital Mgmt LLC now owns 636,366 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $53,219,000 after acquiring an additional 8,526 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Continuum Advisory LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 16.4% in the 3rd quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 5,298 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $410,000 after acquiring an additional 748 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:EFA opened at $75.02 on Monday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $72.09 and a fifty-two week high of $85.19. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $81.77 and a 200 day moving average price of $79.96. The stock has a market capitalization of $52.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.88 and a beta of 0.81.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 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.