Argent Advisors Inc. Sells 400 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA)

Argent Advisors Inc. lessened its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 4.6% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 8,365 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 400 shares during the period. Argent Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $632,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $258,750,000. Truist Financial Corp boosted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 3,372,742 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $255,013,000 after acquiring an additional 134,539 shares during the last quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 124.5% during the 4th quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 3,370,059 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $254,810,000 after acquiring an additional 1,868,602 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc boosted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.3% during the 4th quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 3,081,835 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $233,018,000 after acquiring an additional 209,174 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hackensack Meridian Health Inc. boosted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.6% during the 4th quarter. Hackensack Meridian Health Inc. now owns 2,420,932 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $183,047,000 after acquiring an additional 129,000 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $84.65 on Tuesday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $80.16 and its 200 day simple moving average is $79.85. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $73.91 and a fifty-two week high of $84.79. The firm has a market capitalization of $59.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.21 and a beta of 0.86.

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.