iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Short Interest Update

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,368,646 shares, an increase of 134.0% from the June 30th total of 4,004,093 shares. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 9,651,567 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of IEFA. Apella Capital LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.3% in the fourth quarter. Apella Capital LLC now owns 447,787 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,059,000 after buying an additional 38,001 shares in the last quarter. Colony Family Offices LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.1% during the 4th quarter. Colony Family Offices LLC now owns 650,927 shares of the company’s stock valued at $58,232,000 after buying an additional 13,562 shares in the last quarter. ERn Financial LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.1% in the 4th quarter. ERn Financial LLC now owns 197,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,709,000 after acquiring an additional 22,866 shares during the last quarter. Winthrop Advisory Group LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 37.2% in the 4th quarter. Winthrop Advisory Group LLC now owns 22,200 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,986,000 after acquiring an additional 6,022 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Whittier Trust Co. raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% during the 4th quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 459,859 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,105,000 after acquiring an additional 22,502 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of IEFA stock opened at $96.23 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $164.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $81.17 and a one year high of $98.83. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $96.87 and its 200-day moving average price is $95.14.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company 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.