iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Down 59.3% in October

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,037,837 shares, a drop of 59.3% from the September 30th total of 14,818,762 shares. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 10,309,646 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.9%

BATS:IEFA opened at $96.31 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $164.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $98.06 and a 200 day simple moving average of $96.29. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $85.03 and a 1-year high of $101.44.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Signaturefd LLC bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $395,596,000. Vantagepoint Investment Advisers LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $392,396,000. Modera Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $361,177,000. GRIMES & Co WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $357,736,000. Finally, Bell Bank acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the third quarter worth approximately $343,821,000.

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.