Lodestar Private Asset Management LLC Purchases 17,150 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Lodestar Private Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 134.5% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 29,899 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 17,150 shares during the quarter. Lodestar Private Asset Management LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,611,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of IEFA. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.6% during the 2nd quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 224,378 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,731,000 after buying an additional 7,772 shares during the period. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.7% during the third quarter. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC now owns 353,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,820,000 after acquiring an additional 12,569 shares in the last quarter. Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.0% during the second quarter. Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE now owns 97,851 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,169,000 after acquiring an additional 6,435 shares in the last quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.6% during the third quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 2,276,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $198,732,000 after purchasing an additional 35,205 shares during the period. Finally, Bangor Savings Bank lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.9% in the 3rd quarter. Bangor Savings Bank now owns 1,018,391 shares of the company’s stock worth $88,916,000 after purchasing an additional 56,807 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 32.9%

Shares of IEFA stock opened at $92.75 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $158.61 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $89.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $87.12. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $66.95 and a 12 month high of $87.36.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 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.