54,113 Shares in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Purchased by Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC ADV

Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC ADV purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 54,113 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,242,000. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up 2.0% of Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC ADV’s holdings, making the stock its 13th largest holding.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Bell Bank bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $343,821,000. Stairway Partners LLC bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the third quarter worth $304,435,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,450,779,000 after acquiring an additional 2,957,022 shares in the last quarter. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the third quarter worth $230,635,000. Finally, Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the third quarter worth $180,057,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.3%

BATS:IEFA opened at $97.02 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $165.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $98.67 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $97.41. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $85.03 and a 12 month high of $101.44.

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.