AA Financial Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

AA Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 15.9% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 25,721 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,522 shares during the quarter. AA Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,808,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% in the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 36,275,934 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,831,337,000 after acquiring an additional 1,506,562 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% in the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 32,868,438 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,565,395,000 after purchasing an additional 656,213 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James & Associates boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 30,028,727 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,343,742,000 after purchasing an additional 281,791 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 19,246,834 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,502,215,000 after buying an additional 72,670 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 14,921,871 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,164,652,000 after buying an additional 106,405 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 6.4 %

IEFA opened at $74.27 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $56.55 and a twelve month high of $70.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $116.60 billion, a PE ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $72.05 and its 200 day moving average price is $73.91.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company 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.