iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Position Boosted by Waddell & Associates LLC

Waddell & Associates LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 5.0% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 604,508 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 28,813 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises about 4.4% of Waddell & Associates LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 9th biggest position. Waddell & Associates LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $52,780,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in IEFA. Birchbrook Inc. purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Anfield Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 185.3% during the 2nd quarter. Anfield Capital Management LLC now owns 331 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 215 shares during the period. MB Levis & Associates LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 106.7% during the 3rd quarter. MB Levis & Associates LLC now owns 339 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 175 shares in the last quarter. Darwin Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $33,000. Finally, Westend Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 3rd quarter worth $43,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.2%

BATS:IEFA opened at $97.62 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $93.20 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $89.48. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $66.95 and a 52 week high of $98.24. The stock has a market cap of $166.93 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

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.