Evensky & Katz LLC Cuts Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Evensky & Katz LLC cut its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 11,494 shares of the company’s stock after selling 139 shares during the period. Evensky & Katz LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $960,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 89,235,188 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,815,663,000 after acquiring an additional 663,730 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% during the 1st quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 37,782,854 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,858,273,000 after acquiring an additional 258,589 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% during the 1st quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 34,156,332 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,583,926,000 after purchasing an additional 1,668,799 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.7% in the 1st quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 34,147,182 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,583,248,000 after purchasing an additional 1,232,333 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.2% in 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 purchasing an additional 2,175,194 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $88.81 on Monday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $85.72 and its 200 day simple moving average is $81.83. The company has a market cap of $151.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $66.95 and a one year high of $87.36.

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.