iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Shares Sold by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS trimmed its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 23.6% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 938,250 shares of the company’s stock after selling 289,650 shares during the quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $65,940,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the third quarter valued at $86,526,000. Confluence Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $284,000. Vontobel Holding Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $270,000. Shepherd Financial Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Shepherd Financial Partners LLC now owns 686,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,259,000 after acquiring an additional 1,730 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 21.4% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 12,326 shares of the company’s stock valued at $866,000 after acquiring an additional 2,176 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $78.66 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $74.69 and its 200 day moving average price is $74.33. The stock has a market cap of $132.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.46 and a beta of 0.88. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $68.74 and a 12 month high of $78.95.

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.