Financial Counselors Inc. Purchases 73,735 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Financial Counselors Inc. increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 14.1% in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 597,731 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 73,735 shares during the quarter. Financial Counselors Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $45,218,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,738,074 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,475,352,000 after buying an additional 9,128,380 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.4% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 65,745,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,620,618,000 after buying an additional 3,362,038 shares in the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% during the 4th quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 55,081,925 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,872,502,000 after buying an additional 2,594,394 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.0% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 38,824,556 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,728,590,000 after buying an additional 2,548,622 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.2% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 32,276,425 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,441,712,000 after buying an additional 2,175,194 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 20.0%

Shares of IEFA stock opened at $83.75 on Monday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $81.69 and its 200-day moving average price is $76.64. The stock has a market cap of $143.20 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $66.95 and a 12 month high of $84.22.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

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.