iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Reaches New 1-Year High – Time to Buy?

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as $70.89 and last traded at $72.38, with a volume of 14707929 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $69.78.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

The company has a market cap of $114.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $72.07 and a 200-day simple moving average of $73.88.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Salomon & Ludwin LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.5% in the fourth quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 1,448 shares of the company’s stock valued at $102,000 after purchasing an additional 137 shares during the last quarter. HTLF Bank grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. HTLF Bank now owns 3,246 shares of the company’s stock valued at $228,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. Union Savings Bank grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 39.6% in the fourth quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 501 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 142 shares during the last quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 49,285 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,464,000 after buying an additional 148 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Winthrop Advisory Group LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. Winthrop Advisory Group LLC now owns 3,666 shares of the company’s stock worth $258,000 after purchasing an additional 151 shares during the period.

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.