iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Hits New 1-Year High – Should You Buy?

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) shares reached a new 52-week high during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $98.34 and last traded at $98.3550, with a volume of 4084539 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $97.62.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of $168.58 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $93.20 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $89.48.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Birchbrook Inc. bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $25,000. Kozak & Associates Inc. grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3,462.5% in the third quarter. Kozak & Associates Inc. now owns 285 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 277 shares in the last quarter. Ransom Advisory Ltd bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Lloyd Advisory Services LLC. purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Finally, Security National Bank bought a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $27,000.

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.