Geneos Wealth Management Inc. Grows Stock Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 54.2% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 381,592 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 134,163 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises 0.8% of Geneos Wealth Management Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 17th largest holding. Geneos Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $34,545,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 179.9% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 18,177,164 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,626,129,000 after buying an additional 40,918,156 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% in the fourth quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,859,727,000 after purchasing an additional 5,635,481 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its stake in 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 worth $9,382,856,000 after acquiring an additional 4,892,313 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 227,762,243 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,375,610,000 after buying an additional 2,898,995 shares during the period. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN increased 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 valued at $7,077,975,000 after buying an additional 2,898,461 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

IEFA opened at $97.54 on Thursday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $81.17 and a 1 year high of $98.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $166.79 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The business’s 50-day moving average is $96.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $94.72.

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.