LPL Financial LLC Buys 1,799,732 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 4.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 40,788,933 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,799,732 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for about 1.0% of LPL Financial LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 12th largest holding. LPL Financial LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $3,648,978,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.2% during the 4th quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 175,135 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,668,000 after buying an additional 11,782 shares during the period. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $122,000. Fiera Capital Corp boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. Fiera Capital Corp now owns 25,681 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,297,000 after buying an additional 1,042 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 179.9% during the 4th 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 during the period. Finally, Landing Point Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.6% during the 4th quarter. Landing Point Financial Group LLC now owns 8,365 shares of the company’s stock worth $748,000 after buying an additional 802 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IEFA stock opened at $95.56 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $163.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $95.29 and a 200 day simple moving average of $93.11. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $79.82 and a 52 week high of $98.83.

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.