iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) Shares Bought by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 0.6% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 235,330 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,348 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF were worth $22,787,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFG. Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 22.4% in the 4th quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 2,926,949 shares of the company’s stock valued at $283,416,000 after purchasing an additional 536,191 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 18.7% in the 4th quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 1,651,191 shares of the company’s stock valued at $159,885,000 after purchasing an additional 260,304 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,641,559 shares of the company’s stock valued at $158,961,000 after purchasing an additional 8,767 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 22.1% in the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,480,375 shares of the company’s stock valued at $143,345,000 after purchasing an additional 268,352 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 1,184,304 shares of the company’s stock valued at $121,592,000 after purchasing an additional 28,987 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Trading Up 7.9 %

Shares of EFG opened at $103.73 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $94.82 and a twelve month high of $108.91. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $101.83 and its 200-day simple moving average is $102.25. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.20 and a beta of 0.93.

About iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

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.