iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Reaches New 1-Year High – Time to Buy?

Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $101.28 and last traded at $101.22, with a volume of 336890 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $100.63.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.5%

The firm has a 50-day moving average of $97.23 and a two-hundred day moving average of $95.61. The company has a market capitalization of $172.88 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Whittier Trust Co. raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% during the fourth quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 459,859 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,105,000 after purchasing an additional 22,502 shares during the last quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 12.9% in the first quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 97,343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,812,000 after buying an additional 11,097 shares in the last quarter. Planned Solutions Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 24.8% in the fourth quarter. Planned Solutions Inc. now owns 128,512 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,497,000 after buying an additional 25,528 shares in the last quarter. Diversified Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter worth $517,000. Finally, WBH Advisory Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% in the 4th quarter. WBH Advisory Inc. now owns 203,994 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,249,000 after buying an additional 9,046 shares in the last quarter.

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.