HighTower Advisors LLC Increases Position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG

HighTower Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 8.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 224,963 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 16,987 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF were worth $25,628,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. MML Investors Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 8.0% during the 2nd quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 1,333,981 shares of the company’s stock worth $149,406,000 after purchasing an additional 99,158 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 1.1% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,242,079 shares of the company’s stock valued at $138,664,000 after purchasing an additional 13,888 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 1.6% in the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 1,186,225 shares of the company’s stock valued at $135,087,000 after purchasing an additional 18,360 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG lifted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 0.9% during the third quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,003,918 shares of the company’s stock worth $114,326,000 after buying an additional 9,384 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF during the third quarter worth approximately $83,908,000.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Stock Performance

BATS EFG opened at $121.48 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $116.80 and its two-hundred day moving average is $116.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $106.33 and a fifty-two week high of $123.63.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Profile

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.