Sonata Capital Group Inc. Makes New $717,000 Investment in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Sonata Capital Group Inc. bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 7,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $717,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,450,779,000 after purchasing an additional 2,957,022 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% in the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 16,811,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,521,915,000 after buying an additional 68,617 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.7% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 11,479,180 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,039,210,000 after buying an additional 720,499 shares during the period. Keybank National Association OH raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.8% in the 1st quarter. Keybank National Association OH now owns 10,187,432 shares of the company’s stock valued at $922,268,000 after buying an additional 822,623 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 8,847,558 shares of the company’s stock valued at $800,969,000 after buying an additional 28,030 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.4%

BATS:IEFA traded down $0.43 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $96.10. 2,604,679 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 11,911,430. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $98.92 and a 200-day simple moving average of $97.30. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $85.03 and a fifty-two week high of $101.44. The firm has a market capitalization of $164.32 billion, a P/E 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.