Waddell & Associates LLC Buys 18,313 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Waddell & Associates LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 3.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 622,821 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 18,313 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for approximately 3.8% of Waddell & Associates LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Waddell & Associates LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $55,718,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in IEFA. Next Capital Management LLC lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.6% during the fourth quarter. Next Capital Management LLC now owns 146,055 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,066,000 after buying an additional 11,598 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 40,788,933 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,648,978,000 after buying an additional 1,799,732 shares during the period. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.2% during the fourth quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 175,135 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,668,000 after buying an additional 11,782 shares during the period. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $122,000. Finally, Fiera Capital Corp lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. Fiera Capital Corp now owns 25,681 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,297,000 after buying an additional 1,042 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.6%

BATS IEFA opened at $96.16 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $95.45 and its 200 day moving average price is $93.18. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $79.82 and a twelve month high of $98.83. The company has a market capitalization of $164.43 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.