Patten Group Inc. Grows Stock Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Patten Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 21.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 49,172 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,639 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises about 0.8% of Patten Group Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 23rd largest position. Patten Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $4,293,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9,134.0% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 7,156,078 shares of the company’s stock worth $597,389,000 after purchasing an additional 7,078,581 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.6% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 96,540,540 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,355,581,000 after purchasing an additional 6,837,301 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.5% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 220,025,516 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,367,730,000 after buying an additional 5,414,037 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 140.8% during the second quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 8,449,555 shares of the company’s stock worth $705,336,000 after purchasing an additional 4,940,406 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vantagepoint Investment Advisers LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $365,315,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.5%

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $97.45 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $93.01 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $89.39. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $66.95 and a 12 month high of $98.24. The firm has a market cap of $166.64 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.