First Merchants Corp Increases Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

First Merchants Corp grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 3.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 163,487 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 5,805 shares during the period. First Merchants Corp’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $14,274,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9,134.0% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 7,156,078 shares of the company’s stock worth $597,389,000 after purchasing an additional 7,078,581 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.5% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 220,025,516 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,367,730,000 after purchasing an additional 5,414,037 shares during the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 140.8% in the second quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 8,449,555 shares of the company’s stock worth $705,336,000 after buying an additional 4,940,406 shares in the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 40.1% in the second quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 15,245,913 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,272,729,000 after buying an additional 4,362,206 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.1% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 40,235,704 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,358,875,000 after buying an additional 3,675,689 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

BATS IEFA opened at $91.56 on Wednesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $66.95 and a 1-year high of $87.36. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $88.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $86.63. The stock has a market capitalization of $156.57 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

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.