Stairway Partners LLC Purchases Shares of 2,817,154 iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Stairway Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 2,817,154 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $219,879,000. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for approximately 14.1% of Stairway Partners LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest holding.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of IEFA. WFA Asset Management Corp lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 102.3% in the 1st quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp now owns 348 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 176 shares during the period. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $26,000. RE Dickinson Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6,850.0% in the 4th quarter. RE Dickinson Investment Advisors LLC now owns 417 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 411 shares in the last quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $29,000. Finally, Kiely Wealth Advisory Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $29,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock traded up $0.54 during trading on Friday, hitting $77.04. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 5,168,567 shares. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $75.33 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $74.31. The company has a market capitalization of $120.95 billion, a PE ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $56.55 and a 52 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.