Waycross Investment Management Co Acquires 6,835 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Waycross Investment Management Co grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 31.8% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 28,302 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,835 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises about 2.4% of Waycross Investment Management Co’s portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest position. Waycross Investment Management Co’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,742,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,450,779,000 after buying an additional 2,957,022 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% during the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 16,811,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,521,915,000 after buying an additional 68,617 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.7% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 11,479,180 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,039,210,000 after acquiring an additional 720,499 shares during the last quarter. Keybank National Association OH boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.8% during the first quarter. Keybank National Association OH now owns 10,187,432 shares of the company’s stock worth $922,268,000 after acquiring an additional 822,623 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 8,847,558 shares of the company’s stock worth $800,969,000 after acquiring an additional 28,030 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock traded down $0.89 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $95.75. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,694,761 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,987,538. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $99.16 and its 200 day moving average is $97.12. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $85.03 and a 1-year high of $101.44. The stock has a market capitalization of $163.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

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.