Arkansas Financial Group Inc. Grows Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Arkansas Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 13.2% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 26,567 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,090 shares during the quarter. Arkansas Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,867,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of IEFA. LPL Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 36,275,934 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,831,337,000 after purchasing an additional 1,506,562 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 32,868,438 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,565,395,000 after acquiring an additional 656,213 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James & Associates raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 30,028,727 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,343,742,000 after purchasing an additional 281,791 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% in the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 28,459,754 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,067,316,000 after acquiring an additional 561,317 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 19,246,834 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,502,215,000 after purchasing an additional 72,670 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 4.8 %

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $73.13 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $56.55 and a twelve month high of $70.84. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $71.89 and a 200-day simple moving average of $73.94. The company has a market capitalization of $114.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82.

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.