Calamos Advisors LLC Has $9.95 Million Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Calamos Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 4,532.0% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 109,917 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 107,544 shares during the period. Calamos Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $9,951,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of IEFA. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 179.9% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 18,177,164 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,626,129,000 after acquiring an additional 40,918,156 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% in the 4th quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,859,727,000 after purchasing an additional 5,635,481 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,382,856,000 after purchasing an additional 4,892,313 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 227,762,243 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,375,610,000 after purchasing an additional 2,898,995 shares during the period. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 79,118,875 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,077,975,000 after purchasing an additional 2,898,461 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IEFA opened at $96.89 on Wednesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $81.17 and a 52-week high of $98.83. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $96.88 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $94.67. The firm has a market cap of $165.68 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

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.