Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC Increases Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 29.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 5,666 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,273 shares during the period. Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $398,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. CX Institutional raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 670.8% in the fourth quarter. CX Institutional now owns 1,921,231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $135,024,000 after acquiring an additional 1,671,978 shares in the last quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $124,196,000. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% during the third 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. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $86,479,000. Finally, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 20.8% in the third quarter. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. now owns 7,088,417 shares of the company’s stock worth $553,251,000 after purchasing an additional 1,220,580 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 6.0 %

Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $73.97 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $72.19 and a 200 day moving average price of $73.86. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $56.55 and a fifty-two week high of $70.84. The firm has a market cap of $116.14 billion, a P/E 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.