Cypress Capital Group Reduces Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG)

Cypress Capital Group reduced its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 31.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 6,001 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,714 shares during the period. Cypress Capital Group’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF were worth $581,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Park Avenue Securities LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 22.4% in the fourth 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 during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 18.7% in the fourth 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 during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 0.5% in the fourth 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 during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 22.1% in the fourth 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 during the last quarter. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 2.5% in the fourth 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 during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Trading Up 10.7 %

EFG stock opened at $106.34 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $16.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.20 and a beta of 0.93. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $94.82 and a twelve month high of $108.91. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $101.03 and a 200-day simple moving average of $102.37.

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.