iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Shares Acquired by Kestra Advisory Services LLC

Kestra Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 9.9% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 876,033 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 78,594 shares during the period. Kestra Advisory Services LLC owned 0.05% of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF worth $79,307,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 227,762,243 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,375,610,000 after buying an additional 2,898,995 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,382,856,000 after acquiring an additional 4,892,313 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 2,898,461 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% during the fourth quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,859,727,000 after acquiring an additional 5,635,481 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 40,788,933 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,648,978,000 after acquiring an additional 1,799,732 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $96.73 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $165.41 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $96.76 and its 200 day moving average price is $94.52. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $81.17 and a fifty-two week high of $98.83.

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.