Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Grows Stock Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 6.0% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 1,519,248 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 85,521 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $135,912,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Kozak & Associates Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3,462.5% during the third quarter. Kozak & Associates Inc. now owns 285 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 277 shares during the last quarter. Ransom Advisory Ltd purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Lloyd Advisory Services LLC. purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Security National Bank purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Finally, Key Capital Management INC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Down 1.4%

IEFA opened at $94.87 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $95.76 and a 200-day moving average price of $93.31. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $79.82 and a twelve month high of $98.83. The stock has a market capitalization of $162.23 billion, a price-to-earnings 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.