SlateStone Wealth LLC Raises Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

SlateStone Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 52.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 59,179 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 20,430 shares during the quarter. SlateStone Wealth LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $4,159,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 88,571,458 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,224,802,000 after purchasing an additional 1,150,886 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $2,637,205,000. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in 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 during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.5% in the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 30,101,231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,115,515,000 after purchasing an additional 2,608,901 shares during the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 19,246,834 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,502,215,000 after purchasing an additional 72,670 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

IEFA stock opened at $77.64 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $74.23 and a 200 day moving average price of $74.30. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $68.74 and a 12 month high of $78.83. The company has a market cap of $130.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.46 and a beta of 0.88.

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.