Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC Raises Stock Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 25.3% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 171,084 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 34,549 shares during the period. Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $12,024,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of IEFA. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 36,275,934 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,831,337,000 after purchasing an additional 1,506,562 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 32,868,438 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,565,395,000 after purchasing an additional 656,213 shares during the period. Raymond James & Associates increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% in the third quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 30,028,727 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,343,742,000 after buying an additional 281,791 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 19,246,834 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,502,215,000 after buying an additional 72,670 shares during the period. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 14,921,871 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,164,652,000 after buying an additional 106,405 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

IEFA stock opened at $74.80 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $72.22 and a 200-day moving average of $73.88. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $56.55 and a fifty-two week high of $70.84. The company has a market capitalization of $117.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82.

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.