Brighton Jones LLC Grows Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 9.8% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 49,684 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 4,420 shares during the period. Brighton Jones LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $4,148,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 198.2% during the first quarter. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp now owns 7,583,471 shares of the company’s stock worth $596,895,000 after purchasing an additional 5,040,373 shares in the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 40.1% during the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 15,245,913 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,272,729,000 after acquiring an additional 4,362,206 shares in the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 308.9% during the 1st quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 3,509,149 shares of the company’s stock valued at $265,438,000 after acquiring an additional 2,651,047 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.2% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 32,276,425 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,441,712,000 after acquiring an additional 2,175,194 shares during the period. Finally, Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $140,348,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $88.71 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $151.69 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $66.95 and a 1 year high of $87.36. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $86.97 and its two-hundred day moving average is $83.27.

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.