iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG Shares Newly Purchased by WASHINGTON TRUST Co

WASHINGTON TRUST Co acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor acquired 5,863 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $703,000.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in EFG. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 5.4% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 23,610,616 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,937,631,000 after acquiring an additional 1,210,805 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 35.0% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 4,708,538 shares of the company’s stock worth $524,390,000 after purchasing an additional 1,221,082 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 125.2% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 2,208,206 shares of the company’s stock worth $245,928,000 after purchasing an additional 1,227,595 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 2.8% in the second quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 1,892,107 shares of the company’s stock worth $235,416,000 after purchasing an additional 52,153 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 166.6% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,472,363 shares of the company’s stock valued at $163,977,000 after buying an additional 920,188 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Stock Down 0.6%

BATS EFG opened at $117.75 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $121.68 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $121.60. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 12-month low of $107.17 and a 12-month high of $127.44. The firm has a market cap of $13.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF’s stock is going to split on the morning of Thursday, November 5th. The 3-1 split was recently announced. The newly issued shares will be payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, November 4th.

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.