iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Shares Sold by Valmark Advisers Inc.

Valmark Advisers Inc. cut its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 15.7% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 30,998 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,773 shares during the period. Valmark Advisers Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,181,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Simplicity Solutions LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.9% in the third quarter. Simplicity Solutions LLC now owns 84,527 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,439,000 after purchasing an additional 5,461 shares during the last quarter. Oak Harbor Wealth Partners LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.4% during the 3rd quarter. Oak Harbor Wealth Partners LLC now owns 134,625 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,663,000 after buying an additional 8,122 shares during the last quarter. FOCUS Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $612,000. MCF Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% in the 3rd quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 468,703 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,161,000 after purchasing an additional 5,842 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Evanson Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the 3rd quarter. Evanson Asset Management LLC now owns 32,016 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,060,000 after purchasing an additional 1,502 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS IEFA traded up $0.56 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $72.36. The company had a trading volume of 6,963,533 shares. The stock has a market cap of $112.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.39 and a beta of 0.82. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $56.55 and a 12 month high of $70.84. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $72.71 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $69.28.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

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.