iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Stock Position Increased by First Manhattan CO. LLC.

First Manhattan CO. LLC. lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 25.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 11,756 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,370 shares during the period. First Manhattan CO. LLC.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $826,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,738,074 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,475,352,000 after buying an additional 9,128,380 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 88,571,458 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,224,802,000 after buying an additional 1,150,886 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.4% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 65,745,847 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,620,618,000 after acquiring an additional 3,362,038 shares during the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 55,081,925 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,872,502,000 after acquiring an additional 2,594,394 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.0% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 38,824,556 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,728,590,000 after acquiring an additional 2,548,622 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 14.7%

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $80.05 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $135.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.84. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $76.22 and its 200 day simple moving average is $74.21. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $66.95 and a 52-week high of $80.28.

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.