iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Shares Acquired by Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC

Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 29.6% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 170,098 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 38,867 shares during the period. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $15,217,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of IEFA. Apella Capital LLC grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.3% in the 4th quarter. Apella Capital LLC now owns 447,787 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,059,000 after purchasing an additional 38,001 shares during the last quarter. Becker Capital Management Inc. grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.9% in the 3rd quarter. Becker Capital Management Inc. now owns 200,026 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,464,000 after purchasing an additional 14,582 shares during the last quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 2,276,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $198,732,000 after purchasing an additional 35,205 shares during the last quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 11.0% in the 3rd quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 844,736 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,754,000 after purchasing an additional 83,798 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bangor Savings Bank grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.9% in the 3rd quarter. Bangor Savings Bank now owns 1,018,391 shares of the company’s stock worth $88,916,000 after purchasing an additional 56,807 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 1.7%

BATS IEFA opened at $96.28 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $79.44 and a 52 week high of $98.83. The stock has a market cap of $164.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $93.33 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $91.83.

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.