Aureus Asset Management LLC Raises Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Aureus Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 466.4% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 18,721 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 15,416 shares during the quarter. Aureus Asset Management LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,695,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 227,762,243 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,375,610,000 after purchasing an additional 2,898,995 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,382,856,000 after purchasing an additional 4,892,313 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 79,118,875 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,077,975,000 after buying an additional 2,898,461 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% during the fourth quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,859,727,000 after buying an additional 5,635,481 shares during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 40,788,933 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,648,978,000 after buying an additional 1,799,732 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

IEFA opened at $97.09 on Thursday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $81.17 and a fifty-two week high of $98.83. The company has a fifty day moving average of $96.84 and a two-hundred day moving average of $94.96. The stock has a market capitalization of $166.02 billion, a price-to-earnings 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.