Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Raises Stock Position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 5.5% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 172,116 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,998 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF were worth $19,169,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of EFG. Basepoint Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Evermay Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 87.0% in the 4th quarter. Evermay Wealth Management LLC now owns 245 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 114 shares in the last quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 327.7% during the fourth quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 278 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 213 shares during the last quarter. Hamilton Point Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF during the fourth quarter worth $37,000. Finally, Dunhill Financial LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 133.8% during the fourth quarter. Dunhill Financial LLC now owns 332 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 190 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Stock Performance

EFG opened at $120.48 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $14.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a one year low of $106.33 and a one year high of $125.71. The business’s fifty day moving average is $122.23 and its two-hundred day moving average is $119.16.

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.