Hill Island Financial LLC Boosts Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Hill Island Financial LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 2.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 14,147 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 387 shares during the period. Hill Island Financial LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $994,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 88,571,458 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,224,802,000 after purchasing an additional 1,150,886 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.0% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 38,824,556 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,728,590,000 after purchasing an additional 2,548,622 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,637,205,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.5% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 30,101,231 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,115,515,000 after buying an additional 2,608,901 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 19,246,834 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,502,215,000 after buying an additional 72,670 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 11.1 %

IEFA stock opened at $77.54 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $68.74 and a twelve month high of $78.95. The company has a market capitalization of $130.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.46 and a beta of 0.88. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $74.96 and a 200-day simple moving average of $74.35.

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.