Commonwealth Equity Services LLC Boosts Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 4.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,851,877 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 133,514 shares during the period. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $200,630,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. TIAA Trust National Association bought a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $3,749,602,000. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. bought a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $770,000,000. Cerity Partners LLC increased 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 worth $528,345,000 after acquiring an additional 3,879,901 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 111.2% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 5,831,545 shares of the company’s stock worth $375,195,000 after acquiring an additional 3,069,988 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Command Advisory Services Inc. increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9,208,188.9% in the 3rd quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. now owns 2,486,238 shares of the company’s stock worth $159,989,000 after acquiring an additional 2,486,211 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

BATS:IEFA traded down $0.16 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $71.64. The stock had a trading volume of 9,224,732 shares. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $56.55 and a 52 week high of $70.84. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $72.80 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $69.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $112.47 billion, a PE 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.