Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. Acquires 3,189 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG)

Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 6.6% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 51,490 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,189 shares during the quarter. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF were worth $4,913,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in EFG. Bedel Financial Consulting Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 26.7% during the second quarter. Bedel Financial Consulting Inc. now owns 129,409 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,347,000 after buying an additional 27,257 shares during the last quarter. Cary Street Partners Asset Management LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 1.9% during the second quarter. Cary Street Partners Asset Management LLC now owns 51,777 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,940,000 after buying an additional 946 shares during the last quarter. Alterna Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 25.6% during the second quarter. Alterna Wealth Management Inc. now owns 9,541 shares of the company’s stock worth $910,000 after buying an additional 1,943 shares during the last quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 87.6% during the second quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 153,901 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,684,000 after buying an additional 71,850 shares during the last quarter. Finally, US Bancorp DE grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 1.0% during the second quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,339,113 shares of the company’s stock worth $127,765,000 after buying an additional 13,532 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Stock Performance

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF stock traded up $0.98 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $91.33. 705,798 shares of the stock were exchanged. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.69 and a beta of 0.89. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $67.58 and a 12 month high of $85.81. The business’s 50-day moving average is $86.82 and its two-hundred day moving average is $91.72.

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.