iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Sees Significant Drop in Short Interest

Posted by ABMN Staff on Jun 15th, 2026

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA – Get Free Report) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 6,713,307 shares, a decline of 36.1% from the May 14th total of 10,505,928 shares. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 9,658,833 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Kozak & Associates Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3,462.5% during the third quarter. Kozak & Associates Inc. now owns 285 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 277 shares in the last quarter. Ransom Advisory Ltd purchased a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Lloyd Advisory Services LLC. purchased a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Robinswood Financial LLC purchased a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the first quarter worth about $26,000. Finally, Security National Bank purchased a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $27,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $97.97 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $167.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $79.82 and a fifty-two week high of $98.83. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $96.03 and its 200-day simple moving average is $93.48.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

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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.