iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Holdings Cut by Sapient Capital LLC

Sapient Capital LLC decreased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 3.1% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 12,695 shares of the company’s stock after selling 412 shares during the quarter. Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $942,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. TIAA Trust National Association acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $3,749,602,000. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. acquired a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $770,000,000. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.4% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 56,399,935 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,967,735,000 after buying an additional 3,893,711 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 106.9% in the 4th quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 7,510,233 shares of the company’s stock valued at $528,345,000 after buying an additional 3,879,901 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.0% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 76,887,097 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,409,007,000 after buying an additional 3,655,216 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

BATS:IEFA traded down $0.94 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $71.80. The stock had a trading volume of 7,980,853 shares. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $56.55 and a 1-year high of $70.84. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $72.78 and its 200-day simple moving average is $69.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $112.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82.

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.