Sentinel Advisory Group LLC Purchases Shares of 33,053 iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Sentinel Advisory Group LLC acquired a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor acquired 33,053 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,992,000. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for 1.5% of Sentinel Advisory Group LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 18th largest position.

Several other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 179.9% during 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 period. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% in the 4th quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,859,727,000 after buying an additional 5,635,481 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,382,856,000 after buying an additional 4,892,313 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,450,779,000 after buying an additional 2,957,022 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 227,762,243 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,375,610,000 after buying an additional 2,898,995 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $96.34 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $96.84 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $95.01. The stock has a market cap of $164.74 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 $81.17 and a 12 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.