iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Short Interest Down 69.5% in June

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) was the target of a large decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,004,093 shares, a decline of 69.5% from the June 15th total of 13,114,134 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 11,847,025 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in IEFA. Apella Capital LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.3% during 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 period. Colony Family Offices LLC raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.1% in the 4th quarter. Colony Family Offices LLC now owns 650,927 shares of the company’s stock valued at $58,232,000 after acquiring an additional 13,562 shares during the last quarter. Enclave Advisors LLC raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 22.9% in the 4th quarter. Enclave Advisors LLC now owns 151,627 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,565,000 after acquiring an additional 28,244 shares during the last quarter. Arkos Global Advisors lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 16.4% during the 3rd quarter. Arkos Global Advisors now owns 1,005,429 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,784,000 after purchasing an additional 141,522 shares during the period. Finally, Emergent Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 18.3% during the fourth quarter. Emergent Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 85,633 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,661,000 after purchasing an additional 13,255 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of IEFA stock traded up $0.49 on Friday, reaching $97.22. 10,850,588 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 13,728,511. The company has a market capitalization of $166.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $96.84 and its 200 day moving average price is $94.53. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $81.17 and a twelve month 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.