QRG Capital Management Inc. Raises Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

QRG Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 22.9% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 15,189 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,826 shares during the quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,268,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Toth Financial Advisory Corp purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $26,000. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $35,000. McClarren Financial Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 295.9% in the 1st quarter. McClarren Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 483 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 361 shares in the last quarter. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 442.2% in the 2nd quarter. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. now owns 450 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 367 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hanson & Doremus Investment Management lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 40.4% in the 1st quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management now owns 511 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 147 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

IEFA opened at $88.46 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $86.05 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $82.05. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $66.95 and a 1-year high of $87.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $151.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 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.