iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Position Lowered by Investment Partners LTD.

Investment Partners LTD. cut its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 2.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 71,185 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,469 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for 2.5% of Investment Partners LTD.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest holding. Investment Partners LTD.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $5,008,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.8% in the 3rd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 88,364,142 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,686,233,000 after buying an additional 1,583,086 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 73,231,881 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,712,472,000 after acquiring an additional 895,629 shares during the period. TIAA Trust National Association acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 3rd quarter worth $3,749,602,000. LPL Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 33,364,576 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,147,010,000 after acquiring an additional 1,360,944 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James & Associates lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 29,518,120 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,076,600,000 after acquiring an additional 673,843 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of IEFA stock traded up $0.56 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $72.36. The stock had a trading volume of 6,963,533 shares. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $56.55 and a fifty-two week high of $70.84. The firm has a market cap of $112.88 billion, a PE ratio of 14.39 and a beta of 0.82. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $72.71 and its 200-day simple moving average is $69.28.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Profile

The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, and excludes North America IEFA was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.