BLB&B Advisors LLC Acquires 73,444 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

BLB&B Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 19.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 456,689 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 73,444 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for approximately 1.6% of BLB&B Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th largest position. BLB&B Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $32,096,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 36,275,934 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,831,337,000 after acquiring an additional 1,506,562 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 32,868,438 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,565,395,000 after purchasing an additional 656,213 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James & Associates grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 30,028,727 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,343,742,000 after purchasing an additional 281,791 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 19,246,834 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,502,215,000 after buying an additional 72,670 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 14,921,871 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,164,652,000 after buying an additional 106,405 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 6.0 %

Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $73.97 on Friday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $72.19 and its 200 day simple moving average is $73.87. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $56.55 and a 12 month high of $70.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $116.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company 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.