Sandy Cove Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Sandy Cove Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 14.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 74,965 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,738 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up 2.0% of Sandy Cove Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 14th biggest position. Sandy Cove Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $6,706,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Apella Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.3% in the 4th quarter. Apella Capital LLC now owns 447,787 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,059,000 after acquiring an additional 38,001 shares during the last quarter. Becker Capital Management Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.9% during the 3rd quarter. Becker Capital Management Inc. now owns 200,026 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,464,000 after purchasing an additional 14,582 shares during the period. Clearstead Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 11.0% during the 3rd quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 844,736 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,754,000 after purchasing an additional 83,798 shares during the period. Cornerstone Advisory LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 12.7% in the 3rd quarter. Cornerstone Advisory LLC now owns 128,182 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,192,000 after buying an additional 14,481 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Arkos Global Advisors grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 16.4% in the 3rd quarter. Arkos Global Advisors now owns 1,005,429 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,784,000 after buying an additional 141,522 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of IEFA stock opened at $97.22 on Monday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $93.76 and a 200 day simple moving average of $92.45. The firm has a market capitalization of $166.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $79.82 and a 12-month high of $98.83.

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.