Cerity Partners LLC Decreases Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Cerity Partners LLC lowered its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 3.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 11,216,043 shares of the company’s stock after selling 384,681 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for approximately 1.5% of Cerity Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 12th biggest holding. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,003,388,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 179.9% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 18,177,164 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,626,129,000 after buying an additional 40,918,156 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 109.0% during the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 13,626,889 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,189,764,000 after buying an additional 7,107,210 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.2% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 224,863,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,632,810,000 after buying an additional 4,837,732 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 40,788,933 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,648,978,000 after buying an additional 1,799,732 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Axxcess Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1,401.6% during the fourth quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,889,064 shares of the company’s stock worth $168,996,000 after buying an additional 1,763,263 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $96.16 on Tuesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $79.82 and a one year high of $98.83. The company has a market cap of $164.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $95.45 and its 200 day moving average price is $93.18.

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.