iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Shares Purchased by Blue Trust Inc.

Blue Trust Inc. raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 104.5% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 29,778 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 15,216 shares during the quarter. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,486,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 89,235,188 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,815,663,000 after purchasing an additional 663,730 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 37,782,854 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,858,273,000 after purchasing an additional 258,589 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the second quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 34,386,264 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,870,592,000 after purchasing an additional 239,082 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% in the first quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 34,156,332 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,583,926,000 after purchasing an additional 1,668,799 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.2% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 32,276,425 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,441,712,000 after purchasing an additional 2,175,194 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 23.4%

Shares of IEFA opened at $86.09 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $66.95 and a 12 month high of $87.36. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $86.26 and its two-hundred day moving average is $82.12. The firm has a market cap of $147.22 billion, a P/E 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.