Tufton Capital Management Increases Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Tufton Capital Management increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 1.8% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 17,015 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 305 shares during the quarter. Tufton Capital Management’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,196,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fortress Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter worth $1,307,000. Private Trust Co. NA raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.7% during the fourth quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 95,162 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,688,000 after acquiring an additional 7,595 shares during the period. Sentinel Trust Co. LBA raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.6% during the fourth quarter. Sentinel Trust Co. LBA now owns 27,573 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,938,000 after acquiring an additional 2,424 shares during the period. Wakefield Asset Management LLLP raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. Wakefield Asset Management LLLP now owns 48,773 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,428,000 after acquiring an additional 2,230 shares during the period. Finally, First Command Advisory Services Inc. raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.7% during the fourth quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. now owns 2,412,317 shares of the company’s stock worth $169,537,000 after acquiring an additional 130,827 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

BATS:IEFA opened at $75.43 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $72.81 and a two-hundred day moving average of $74.17. The stock has a market capitalization of $126.72 billion, a PE ratio of 16.99 and a beta of 0.89. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $56.55 and a fifty-two week high of $70.84.

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.