Royal Bank of Canada Grows Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Royal Bank of Canada grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 0.3% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 8,847,558 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 28,030 shares during the quarter. Royal Bank of Canada’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $800,969,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Apella Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.3% during the 4th quarter. Apella Capital LLC now owns 447,787 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,059,000 after purchasing an additional 38,001 shares in the last quarter. Colony Family Offices LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.1% in 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 lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.1% during 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 period. Winthrop Advisory Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 37.2% during 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 period. Finally, Brookstone Capital Management lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.1% during the 4th quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 914,163 shares of the company’s stock worth $81,781,000 after acquiring an additional 60,576 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $96.75 on Wednesday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $96.88 and its 200 day simple moving average is $95.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $165.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $81.17 and a 1 year high of $98.83.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

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.