Godfrey Financial Associates Inc. Buys New Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Godfrey Financial Associates Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 8,966 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $802,000. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up 0.7% of Godfrey Financial Associates Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 25th biggest position.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in IEFA. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 109.0% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 13,626,889 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,189,764,000 after acquiring an additional 7,107,210 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.6% during the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 96,540,540 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,355,581,000 after acquiring an additional 6,837,301 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 224,863,248 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,632,810,000 after acquiring an additional 4,837,732 shares in the last quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1,401.6% during the 4th quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,889,064 shares of the company’s stock valued at $168,996,000 after acquiring an additional 1,763,263 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lido Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 684.5% during the 3rd quarter. Lido Advisors LLC now owns 1,789,545 shares of the company’s stock valued at $156,250,000 after acquiring an additional 1,561,419 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.4%

BATS:IEFA opened at $97.94 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $167.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $94.18 and its 200 day simple moving average is $92.67. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $79.82 and a twelve month high of $98.83.

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.