Galvin Gaustad & Stein LLC Has $36.50 Million Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Galvin Gaustad & Stein LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 2.3% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 482,449 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 10,769 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for approximately 3.3% of Galvin Gaustad & Stein LLC’s holdings, making the stock its largest holding. Galvin Gaustad & Stein LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $36,497,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Obermeyer Wealth Partners increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. Obermeyer Wealth Partners now owns 4,527 shares of the company’s stock worth $318,000 after purchasing an additional 137 shares during the period. Kraft Davis & Associates LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. Kraft Davis & Associates LLC now owns 6,416 shares of the company’s stock worth $480,000 after acquiring an additional 139 shares during the period. Bay Colony Advisory Group Inc d b a Bay Colony Advisors raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.6% during the first quarter. Bay Colony Advisory Group Inc d b a Bay Colony Advisors now owns 25,692 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,963,000 after acquiring an additional 144 shares in the last quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 40.4% in the first quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management now owns 511 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,000 after purchasing an additional 147 shares during the period. Finally, Centaurus Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc. now owns 10,712 shares of the company’s stock valued at $753,000 after purchasing an additional 148 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 21.5%

IEFA opened at $84.75 on Monday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $66.95 and a 52 week high of $87.36. The company has a market capitalization of $144.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $82.79 and its two-hundred day moving average is $77.97.

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.