Ascent Group LLC Trims Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Ascent Group LLC decreased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 3.2% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 38,479 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,273 shares during the quarter. Ascent Group LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,795,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in IEFA. MidWestOne Financial Group Inc. raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.5% in the second quarter. MidWestOne Financial Group Inc. now owns 95,679 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,950,000 after acquiring an additional 7,488 shares during the period. Sepio Capital LP increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter. Sepio Capital LP now owns 16,600 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,206,000 after purchasing an additional 273 shares in the last quarter. Cim Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter. Cim Investment Management Inc. now owns 108,838 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,906,000 after purchasing an additional 2,224 shares during the period. Arkos Global Advisors lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.5% during the second quarter. Arkos Global Advisors now owns 803,343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $58,355,000 after purchasing an additional 41,560 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 92.1% during the second quarter. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC now owns 832 shares of the company’s stock valued at $60,000 after purchasing an additional 399 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Down 0.6 %

Shares of IEFA opened at $78.25 on Friday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $74.99 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $74.18. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $56.55 and a 52 week high of $70.84. The stock has a market cap of $122.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82.

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.