Lido Advisors LLC Purchases 1,561,419 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Lido Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 684.5% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 1,789,545 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,561,419 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up approximately 0.5% of Lido Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 23rd biggest holding. Lido Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $156,250,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Bank of Montreal Can increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 109.0% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 13,626,889 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,189,764,000 after purchasing an additional 7,107,210 shares during the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9,134.0% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 7,156,078 shares of the company’s stock valued at $597,389,000 after buying an additional 7,078,581 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.6% in the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 96,540,540 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,355,581,000 after buying an additional 6,837,301 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.5% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 220,025,516 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,367,730,000 after buying an additional 5,414,037 shares during the last quarter. Finally, National Bank of Canada FI boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 140.8% in the second quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 8,449,555 shares of the company’s stock worth $705,336,000 after buying an additional 4,940,406 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $89.78 on Monday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $66.95 and a one year high of $98.83. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $94.40 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $90.23. The stock has a market capitalization of $153.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

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.