Eldridge Investment Advisors Inc. Decreases Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Eldridge Investment Advisors Inc. lessened its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 12.6% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 64,804 shares of the company’s stock after selling 9,352 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up about 1.1% of Eldridge Investment Advisors Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 26th largest holding. Eldridge Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $4,554,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in IEFA. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.1% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 551,774 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,066,000 after acquiring an additional 41,181 shares in the last quarter. Lifeworks Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $202,000. Northcape Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.5% in the third quarter. Northcape Wealth Management LLC now owns 151,294 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,809,000 after purchasing an additional 718 shares during the last quarter. Linscomb Wealth Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $204,000. Finally, Coastline Trust Co increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.9% in the third quarter. Coastline Trust Co now owns 150,264 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,728,000 after purchasing an additional 2,863 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 11.3 %

IEFA stock opened at $77.64 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $74.23 and a two-hundred day moving average of $74.30. The stock has a market cap of $130.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.46 and a beta of 0.88. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $68.74 and a 52-week high of $78.83.

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.