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EFA ISHARES MSCI EAFE ETF

2026Q2 · CUSIP 464287465 · Sector: Other

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
2,231
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+22
Last quarter 2,209 → now 2,231
How unusual is that
Top 20%
Stronger buying than 85% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

2,231 funds held EFA at the end of 2026Q2, up 22 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 84.7% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. EFA has had 27 buying rushes in its history. It sits in the Other sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=823 2013Q4: holders=911 2014Q1: holders=899 2014Q2: holders=914 2014Q3: holders=904 2014Q4: holders=977 2015Q1: holders=1004 2015Q2: holders=1020 2015Q3: holders=1003 2015Q4: holders=1085 2016Q1: holders=1041 2016Q2: holders=1031 2016Q3: holders=1019 2016Q4: holders=1126 2017Q1: holders=1131 2017Q2: holders=1164 2017Q3: holders=1172 2017Q4: holders=1294 2018Q1: holders=1314 2018Q2: holders=1293 2018Q3: holders=1296 2018Q4: holders=1406 2019Q1: holders=1392 2019Q2: holders=1390 2019Q3: holders=1396 2019Q4: holders=1589 2020Q1: holders=1442 2020Q2: holders=1415 2020Q3: holders=1417 2020Q4: holders=1561 2021Q1: holders=1593 2021Q2: holders=1612 2021Q3: holders=1595 2021Q4: holders=1779 2022Q1: holders=1731 2022Q2: holders=1676 2022Q3: holders=1585 2022Q4: holders=1694 2023Q1: holders=1728 2023Q2: holders=1783 2023Q3: holders=1748 2023Q4: holders=1867 2024Q1: holders=1854 2024Q2: holders=1850 2024Q3: holders=1863 2024Q4: holders=1948 2025Q1: holders=1960 2025Q2: holders=2025 2025Q3: holders=2044 2025Q4: holders=2216 2026Q1: holders=2209 2026Q2: holders=2231 -193 -96.5 +0 +96.5 +193 74015422343 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 27 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 20%
2025Q4 Top 5%
2025Q3 Top 20%
2025Q2 Top 5%
2024Q4 Top 5%
2023Q4 Top 5%
2023Q2 Top 5%
2023Q1 Top 5%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
217
Change in large funds
+15
Total value they hold
$61.8B
Funds buying for the first time
161
Funds that sold out entirely
139
Price change that quarter
Funds holding puts (bearish)
42
Funds holding calls (bullish)
38

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

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2026 Q3 holdings are due 2026-11-16. We will email you when the refreshed lists are live.