Strive Financial Group LLC Acquires 76,788 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Strive Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 90.7% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 161,444 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 76,788 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for about 6.8% of Strive Financial Group LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Strive Financial Group LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $15,592,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of IEFA. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 227,762,243 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,375,610,000 after buying an additional 2,898,995 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,382,856,000 after acquiring an additional 4,892,313 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 79,118,875 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,077,975,000 after acquiring an additional 2,898,461 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% in the fourth quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,859,727,000 after acquiring an additional 5,635,481 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 40,788,933 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,648,978,000 after purchasing an additional 1,799,732 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $101.08 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $85.03 and a 52-week high of $101.44. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $98.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $96.29. The firm has a market cap of $172.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

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.