Fragasso Financial Advisors Inc Acquires New Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Fragasso Financial Advisors Inc bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm bought 968,548 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $93,484,000. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises 4.7% of Fragasso Financial Advisors Inc’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th largest position.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Venture Visionary Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.2% during the third quarter. Venture Visionary Partners LLC now owns 369,769 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,823,000 after buying an additional 21,689 shares during the last quarter. Echo45 Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $629,000. CX Institutional grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% in the 3rd quarter. CX Institutional now owns 906,032 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,776,000 after buying an additional 44,362 shares during the last quarter. Acima Private Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. Acima Private Wealth LLC now owns 104,553 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,129,000 after buying an additional 5,219 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CENTRAL TRUST Co grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 12.9% in the 1st quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 97,343 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,812,000 after buying an additional 11,097 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of BATS IEFA traded up $0.20 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $96.38. 2,245,653 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 12,014,254. The company has a market cap of $164.80 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $99.22 and a 200-day moving average price of $97.07. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $85.03 and a 12 month high of $101.44.

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.