Fifth Third Bancorp Purchases 176,701 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Fifth Third Bancorp raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 7.2% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,633,535 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 176,701 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up approximately 0.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest position. Fifth Third Bancorp owned about 0.16% of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF worth $199,227,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Curat Global LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $26,000. WFA Asset Management Corp bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $26,000. IFS Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Hopwood Financial Services Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, Integrity Financial Corp WA lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 171.2% during the fourth quarter. Integrity Financial Corp WA now owns 396 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 250 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

BATS IEFA opened at $83.46 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $78.73 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $75.60. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $66.95 and a fifty-two week high of $83.90. The stock has a market capitalization of $141.04 billion, a PE ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.84.

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.