Leverty Financial Group LLC Acquires 54,595 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Leverty Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 8.6% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 688,238 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 54,595 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up 12.3% of Leverty Financial Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Leverty Financial Group LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $66,677,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Stairway Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the third quarter valued at $304,435,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,450,779,000 after buying an additional 2,957,022 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 79,118,875 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,077,975,000 after buying an additional 2,898,461 shares during the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 51.2% during the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 5,380,318 shares of the company’s stock worth $487,080,000 after buying an additional 1,821,551 shares during the period. Finally, First Financial Bank Trust Division bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $139,285,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

IEFA traded down $0.59 on Thursday, reaching $95.61. The company had a trading volume of 4,173,035 shares, compared to its average volume of 12,089,208. The stock has a market cap of $163.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $85.03 and a fifty-two week high of $101.44. The company’s fifty day moving average is $99.37 and its 200 day moving average is $96.91.

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.