IFP Advisors Inc Increases Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

IFP Advisors Inc increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 5.7% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 233,923 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,684 shares during the period. IFP Advisors Inc’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $22,592,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. CENTRAL TRUST Co boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 12.9% in the 1st quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 97,343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,812,000 after acquiring an additional 11,097 shares during the last quarter. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 112.6% during the first quarter. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC now owns 18,778 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,700,000 after purchasing an additional 9,946 shares during the last quarter. Tennessee Valley Asset Management Partners raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.2% during the fourth quarter. Tennessee Valley Asset Management Partners now owns 380,919 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,077,000 after purchasing an additional 11,850 shares during the last quarter. Arax Advisory Partners purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter worth $5,786,000. Finally, LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 40,788,933 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,648,978,000 after purchasing an additional 1,799,732 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

BATS:IEFA opened at $100.49 on Wednesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $85.03 and a one year high of $101.44. The firm has a market cap of $171.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $98.85 and its two-hundred day moving average is $96.33.

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.