First Merchants Corp Acquires 2,781 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

First Merchants Corp increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 2.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 99,966 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,781 shares during the period. First Merchants Corp’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $7,026,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Life Planning Partners Inc lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6,920.2% in the fourth quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc now owns 8,435,918 shares of the company’s stock valued at $592,876,000 after purchasing an additional 8,315,752 shares in the last quarter. Constellation Investments Inc. bought a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $129,702,000. CX Institutional lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 670.8% during the 4th quarter. CX Institutional now owns 1,921,231 shares of the company’s stock worth $135,024,000 after buying an additional 1,671,978 shares in the last quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $124,196,000. Finally, LPL Financial LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 36,275,934 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,831,337,000 after acquiring an additional 1,506,562 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 8.8 %

IEFA stock opened at $75.90 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $56.55 and a 1-year high of $70.84. The stock has a market cap of $119.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $72.26 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $73.90.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

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.