Sage Advisory Services Ltd.Co. Lowers Stock Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Sage Advisory Services Ltd.Co. reduced its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 66.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 141,957 shares of the company’s stock after selling 279,369 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises 5.9% of Sage Advisory Services Ltd.Co.’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd largest position. Sage Advisory Services Ltd.Co.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $9,977,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of IEFA. Life Planning Partners Inc raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6,920.2% in the 4th quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc now owns 8,435,918 shares of the company’s stock valued at $592,876,000 after acquiring an additional 8,315,752 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.5% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 30,101,231 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,115,515,000 after purchasing an additional 2,608,901 shares in the last quarter. Bell Bank grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 187.7% during the 4th quarter. Bell Bank now owns 3,546,845 shares of the company’s stock worth $249,272,000 after purchasing an additional 2,313,901 shares in the last quarter. Constellation Investments Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $129,702,000. Finally, CX Institutional grew 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 purchasing an additional 1,671,978 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 8.1 %

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $75.43 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $72.81 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $74.17. 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 cap of $126.72 billion, a PE 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.