Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI Purchases 30,613 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 1.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,178,970 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 30,613 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up about 3.0% of Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest position. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI owned approximately 0.14% of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF worth $153,138,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the third quarter worth about $86,526,000. Confluence Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $284,000. Vontobel Holding Ltd. purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $270,000. Shepherd Financial Partners LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Shepherd Financial Partners LLC now owns 686,669 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,259,000 after purchasing an additional 1,730 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 21.4% in the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 12,326 shares of the company’s stock worth $866,000 after purchasing an additional 2,176 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 9.5 %

Shares of IEFA opened at $76.39 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $73.60 and its 200 day moving average price is $74.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $128.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.99 and a beta of 0.89. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $56.55 and a 1-year high of $70.84.

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.