iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Stock Short Interest Report for September

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 14,818,762 shares, a growth of 136.0% from the September 15th total of 6,279,385 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 10,129,411 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $95.87 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $163.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $99.07 and a 200-day moving average price of $97.17. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $85.03 and a twelve month high of $101.44.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Venture Visionary Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.2% in the 3rd quarter. Venture Visionary Partners LLC now owns 369,769 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,823,000 after acquiring an additional 21,689 shares during the period. Echo45 Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $629,000. CX Institutional boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% during the 3rd quarter. CX Institutional now owns 906,032 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,776,000 after purchasing an additional 44,362 shares during the period. Acima Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. Acima Private Wealth LLC now owns 104,553 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,129,000 after purchasing an additional 5,219 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CENTRAL TRUST Co increased its holdings in 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 purchasing an additional 11,097 shares during the last quarter.

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.