Leverty Financial Group LLC Acquires 32,556 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Leverty Financial Group LLC raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 5.7% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 602,012 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 32,556 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up 12.9% of Leverty Financial Group LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. Leverty Financial Group LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $53,856,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in IEFA. Kozak & Associates Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3,462.5% during the 3rd quarter. Kozak & Associates Inc. now owns 285 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 277 shares in the last quarter. Ransom Advisory Ltd bought a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. MB Levis & Associates LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 106.7% in the third quarter. MB Levis & Associates LLC now owns 339 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 175 shares during the period. Darwin Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the second quarter worth about $33,000. Finally, Westend Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the third quarter worth about $43,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 2.5%

Shares of IEFA opened at $89.41 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $94.19 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $90.43. The stock has a market cap of $152.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $66.95 and a 12 month high of $98.83.

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.