Sandy Cove Advisors LLC Purchases 5,277 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Sandy Cove Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 11.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 50,190 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 5,277 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for about 1.4% of Sandy Cove Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 17th biggest position. Sandy Cove Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $3,527,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the second quarter worth about $8,513,000. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.9% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 21,277 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,546,000 after purchasing an additional 1,911 shares during the last quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 31.0% during the 2nd quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. now owns 8,828 shares of the company’s stock worth $641,000 after buying an additional 2,089 shares in the last quarter. Bridges Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $3,380,000. Finally, Boston Research & Management Inc. boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Boston Research & Management Inc. now owns 66,343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,819,000 after buying an additional 974 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 2.2 %

Shares of IEFA opened at $71.34 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $71.90 and its 200-day simple moving average is $73.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $112.00 billion, a PE ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $56.55 and a 12-month high of $70.84.

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.