Optima Capital LLC Has $4.48 Million Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Optima Capital LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 43.9% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 51,277 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,652 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for 2.2% of Optima Capital LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 9th largest position. Optima Capital LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $4,477,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.6% in the 2nd quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 224,378 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,731,000 after acquiring an additional 7,772 shares in the last quarter. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.7% during the third quarter. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC now owns 353,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,820,000 after purchasing an additional 12,569 shares during the period. Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.0% during the second quarter. Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE now owns 97,851 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,169,000 after buying an additional 6,435 shares in the last quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 2,276,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $198,732,000 after buying an additional 35,205 shares during the period. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 253,487 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,161,000 after buying an additional 21,906 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

BATS:IEFA opened at $92.10 on Wednesday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $89.13 and a 200-day moving average of $86.97. 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 $157.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 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.