Capital Investment Advisors LLC Increases Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Capital Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 716.2% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 319,408 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 280,273 shares during the period. Capital Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $28,574,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 551,668 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,771,000 after buying an additional 19,941 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 46.0% during the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 457,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,217,000 after purchasing an additional 144,200 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 23.0% in the second quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 26,717 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,230,000 after purchasing an additional 4,989 shares during the period. GM Advisory Group LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 28.4% in the second quarter. GM Advisory Group LLC now owns 10,509 shares of the company’s stock valued at $877,000 after purchasing an additional 2,326 shares during the period. Finally, Scotia Capital Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the second quarter. Scotia Capital Inc. now owns 158,579 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,238,000 after buying an additional 1,078 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of IEFA stock opened at $87.47 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $66.95 and a 1-year high of $98.83. The company has a market cap of $149.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $93.89 and a 200-day simple moving average of $90.44.

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.