Argent Advisors Inc. Has $632,000 Stock Position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA)

Argent Advisors Inc. lowered its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 4.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 8,365 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 400 shares during the quarter. Argent Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $632,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in EFA. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $258,750,000. Natixis Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 124.5% in the 4th quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 3,370,059 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $254,810,000 after acquiring an additional 1,868,602 shares in the last quarter. Arvest Bank Trust Division acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $119,220,000. WCM Investment Management LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 5,144.9% in the 4th quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC now owns 1,150,986 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $87,026,000 after acquiring an additional 1,129,041 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Toronto Dominion Bank increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 65.7% in the 3rd quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 2,240,907 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $187,407,000 after acquiring an additional 888,764 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 1.1 %

EFA opened at $84.65 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $59.48 billion, a PE ratio of 17.21 and a beta of 0.86. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $73.91 and a 1-year high of $84.79. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $80.16 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $79.85.

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.