Charter Oak Capital Management LLC Increases Stock Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Charter Oak Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 9.8% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 16,087 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,431 shares during the period. Charter Oak Capital Management LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,217,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,738,074 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,475,352,000 after purchasing an additional 9,128,380 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 88,571,458 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,224,802,000 after acquiring an additional 1,150,886 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.4% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 65,745,847 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,620,618,000 after acquiring an additional 3,362,038 shares in the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 55,081,925 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,872,502,000 after acquiring an additional 2,594,394 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.0% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 38,824,556 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,728,590,000 after acquiring an additional 2,548,622 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 19.6%

Shares of IEFA opened at $83.45 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $141.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.84. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $78.11 and a 200-day moving average of $75.35. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $66.95 and a 52 week high of $83.59.

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.