iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Position Boosted by Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC

Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 4.0% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 1,210,694 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 46,047 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises about 3.7% of Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $109,604,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 179.9% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 18,177,164 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,626,129,000 after purchasing an additional 40,918,156 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can increased its position 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 purchasing an additional 7,107,210 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% during the 4th quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,859,727,000 after purchasing an additional 5,635,481 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% during the 4th 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. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake 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 worth $19,632,810,000 after purchasing an additional 4,837,732 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $95.33 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $96.54 and its 200 day moving average is $93.93. The company has a market capitalization of $163.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $81.17 and a fifty-two week 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.