iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Position Increased by M&T Bank Corp

M&T Bank Corp boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 1.2% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 14,214,365 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 171,656 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for approximately 3.3% of M&T Bank Corp’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. M&T Bank Corp’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $998,986,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of IEFA. Stephens Inc. AR increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 128.6% in the third quarter. Stephens Inc. AR now owns 7,942 shares of the company’s stock valued at $620,000 after buying an additional 4,468 shares during the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 140.8% in the third quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 13,269 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,036,000 after acquiring an additional 7,758 shares during the period. Rational Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 125.9% in the third quarter. Rational Advisors LLC now owns 48,950 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,821,000 after acquiring an additional 27,280 shares during the period. FSM Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $271,000. Finally, Madden Advisory Services Inc. boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.0% in the third quarter. Madden Advisory Services Inc. now owns 14,486 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,131,000 after acquiring an additional 943 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 9.4 %

Shares of IEFA stock opened at $76.32 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $73.05 and a two-hundred day moving average of $74.22. 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 market cap of $128.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.99 and a beta of 0.89.

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.