Valmark Advisers Inc. Reduces Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Valmark Advisers Inc. decreased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 15.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 30,998 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,773 shares during the period. Valmark Advisers Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,181,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Peoples Bank KS increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 275.0% during the 4th quarter. Peoples Bank KS now owns 375 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 275 shares during the last quarter. Blume Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 275.6% in the 3rd quarter. Blume Capital Management Inc. now owns 477 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 350 shares during the period. Criterion Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Thompson Investment Management Inc. purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $40,000. Finally, Milestone Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 3rd quarter worth $39,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.8 %

Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock traded up $0.56 on Friday, reaching $72.36. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 6,963,533 shares. The company has a market capitalization of $112.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.39 and a beta of 0.82. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $72.71 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $69.28. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $56.55 and a 52 week high of $70.84.

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.