QRG Capital Management Inc. Lowers Stock Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

QRG Capital Management Inc. cut its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 20.2% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 10,583 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,686 shares during the quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $744,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of 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 valued at $2,831,337,000 after buying an additional 1,506,562 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.5% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 30,101,231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,115,515,000 after acquiring an additional 2,608,901 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 19,246,834 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,502,215,000 after acquiring an additional 72,670 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% during the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 14,921,871 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,164,652,000 after acquiring an additional 106,405 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.7% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 9,656,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $753,663,000 after purchasing an additional 257,103 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

BATS IEFA opened at $76.32 on Wednesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $56.55 and a 1-year high of $70.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $128.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.99 and a beta of 0.89. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $73.05 and its 200-day simple moving average is $74.22.

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.