Van Hulzen Asset Management LLC Reduces Stock Position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG

Van Hulzen Asset Management LLC trimmed its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 67.8% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 23,785 shares of the company’s stock after selling 50,038 shares during the period. Van Hulzen Asset Management LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF were worth $2,710,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in EFG. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $735,000. Affinity Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 4.5% during the 4th quarter. Affinity Capital Advisors LLC now owns 143,393 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,335,000 after acquiring an additional 6,182 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 14.5% during the 3rd quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 161,867 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,433,000 after acquiring an additional 20,519 shares in the last quarter. Addison Capital Co grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 36.7% during the 3rd quarter. Addison Capital Co now owns 26,780 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,050,000 after acquiring an additional 7,191 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Asempa Wealth Advisors bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $1,008,000.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF stock opened at $121.43 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $106.33 and a 1 year high of $123.63. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $116.68 and its 200-day simple moving average is $116.80. The firm has a market cap of $14.28 billion, a PE ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96.

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. The Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer staples, industrials, consumer discretionary, materials, healthcare, financials, information technology, energy, telecommunication services and utilities.