Aznar Financial Advisors LLC Buys Shares of 18,388 iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Aznar Financial Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 18,388 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,645,000. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for about 1.6% of Aznar Financial Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest holding.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Apella Capital LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.3% in the fourth quarter. Apella Capital LLC now owns 447,787 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,059,000 after buying an additional 38,001 shares during the last quarter. Becker Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.9% during the third quarter. Becker Capital Management Inc. now owns 200,026 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,464,000 after acquiring an additional 14,582 shares during the period. Clearstead Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 11.0% during the third quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 844,736 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,754,000 after acquiring an additional 83,798 shares during the last quarter. Enclave Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 22.9% during the fourth quarter. Enclave Advisors LLC now owns 151,627 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,565,000 after acquiring an additional 28,244 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bare Financial Services Inc grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. Bare Financial Services Inc now owns 360,613 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,485,000 after acquiring an additional 8,800 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.5%

IEFA stock opened at $97.29 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $166.37 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $96.47 and its 200 day simple moving average is $93.72. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $79.82 and a fifty-two week high of $98.83.

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.