Smith Thornton Advisors LLC Has $490,000 Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Smith Thornton Advisors LLC raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 7.0% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 6,970 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 455 shares during the quarter. Smith Thornton Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $490,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of IEFA. American Century Companies Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% during the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 311,400 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,620,000 after purchasing an additional 24,200 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $8,513,000. Moors & Cabot Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 16.1% during the 2nd quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 9,245 shares of the company’s stock worth $672,000 after purchasing an additional 1,280 shares during the last quarter. Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 44.8% during the 2nd quarter. Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co. now owns 30,883 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,243,000 after purchasing an additional 9,562 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Argent Trust Co increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.5% during the 2nd quarter. Argent Trust Co now owns 69,643 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,059,000 after purchasing an additional 1,704 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $70.67 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $110.94 billion, a PE ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. The company’s 50-day moving average is $72.03 and its 200-day moving average is $74.00. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $56.55 and a fifty-two week high of $70.84.

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.