iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Shares Acquired by Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 5.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 19,330 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 940 shares during the quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,359,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of IEFA. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 88.9% in the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 25,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,887,000 after buying an additional 12,225 shares during the last quarter. Magnolia Capital Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 85.2% in the 2nd quarter. Magnolia Capital Advisors LLC now owns 33,155 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,408,000 after acquiring an additional 15,251 shares during the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.7% during the 2nd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 57,697 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,191,000 after acquiring an additional 1,518 shares in the last quarter. Invst LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 14.4% during the second quarter. Invst LLC now owns 38,594 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,807,000 after purchasing an additional 4,857 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Regal Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.5% in the second quarter. Regal Investment Advisors LLC now owns 119,685 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,694,000 after purchasing an additional 570 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $73.55 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $71.95 and its two-hundred day moving average is $73.92. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $56.55 and a 1-year high of $70.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $115.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 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.