iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Short Interest Up 134.0% in July

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) saw a significant growth in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,368,646 shares, a growth of 134.0% from the June 30th total of 4,004,093 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,651,567 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Breakwater Capital Group increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.8% during the first quarter. Breakwater Capital Group now owns 12,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,174,000 after acquiring an additional 105 shares in the last quarter. LGL Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. LGL Partners LLC now owns 33,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,040,000 after purchasing an additional 108 shares in the last quarter. Eclectic Associates Inc. ADV grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.4% in the 2nd quarter. Eclectic Associates Inc. ADV now owns 3,283 shares of the company’s stock valued at $317,000 after purchasing an additional 108 shares during the period. Insight Inv LLC grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Insight Inv LLC now owns 4,781 shares of the company’s stock valued at $428,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares during the period. Finally, GW&K Investment Management LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. GW&K Investment Management LLC now owns 12,993 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,162,000 after purchasing an additional 111 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

BATS:IEFA opened at $96.75 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $165.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $81.17 and a 52-week high of $98.83. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $96.88 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $95.11.

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.