Sovereign Investment Advisors LLC Has $28.74 Million Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Sovereign Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 13.7% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 321,228 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 38,728 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for approximately 7.2% of Sovereign Investment Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest position. Sovereign Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $28,737,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.2% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 224,863,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,632,810,000 after purchasing an additional 4,837,732 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,382,856,000 after purchasing an additional 4,892,313 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 79,118,875 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,077,975,000 after purchasing an additional 2,898,461 shares during the period. TIAA Trust National Association lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.7% during the third quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 47,576,490 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,143,178,000 after purchasing an additional 786,918 shares during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 40,788,933 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,648,978,000 after purchasing an additional 1,799,732 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Down 1.0%

IEFA opened at $96.98 on Tuesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $79.82 and a twelve month high of $98.83. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $96.14 and a 200 day simple moving average of $93.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $165.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

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.