Certified Advisory Corp Increases Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Certified Advisory Corp increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 19.1% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 61,974 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,939 shares during the period. Certified Advisory Corp’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $4,502,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.0% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 76,887,097 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,409,007,000 after acquiring an additional 3,655,216 shares in the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.5% in the first quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 58,621,198 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,350,865,000 after purchasing an additional 270,565 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.7% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 38,878,766 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,824,154,000 after purchasing an additional 1,020,859 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% during the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 34,769,372 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,525,647,000 after buying an additional 1,529,043 shares during the period. Finally, US Bancorp DE boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.4% during the 2nd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 32,212,225 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,339,952,000 after buying an additional 768,822 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

BATS:IEFA opened at $76.70 on Monday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $56.55 and a 1-year high of $70.84. The company has a market capitalization of $120.42 billion, a PE ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $74.70 and its 200-day moving average price is $74.04.

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.