Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Acquires 228,740 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 76.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 527,216 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 228,740 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $46,030,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 551,668 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,771,000 after acquiring an additional 19,941 shares during the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 22.9% during the 2nd quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 15,189 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,268,000 after purchasing an additional 2,826 shares during the last quarter. Clarius Group LLC bought a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $319,000. Grimes & Company Inc. increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 78.4% during the 2nd quarter. Grimes & Company Inc. now owns 3,542,276 shares of the company’s stock worth $295,709,000 after purchasing an additional 1,556,768 shares in the last quarter. Finally, DAVENPORT & Co LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.9% in the second quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 643,134 shares of the company’s stock worth $53,689,000 after purchasing an additional 35,971 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 35.5%

IEFA stock opened at $94.54 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $161.66 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $66.95 and a twelve month high of $87.36. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $90.74 and its 200-day moving average is $87.98.

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.