iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Holdings Lifted by First Manhattan CO. LLC.

First Manhattan CO. LLC. increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 25.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 11,756 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,370 shares during the quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $826,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.0% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,738,074 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,475,352,000 after buying an additional 9,128,380 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 88,571,458 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,224,802,000 after buying an additional 1,150,886 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.4% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 65,745,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,620,618,000 after buying an additional 3,362,038 shares in the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 55,081,925 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,872,502,000 after buying an additional 2,594,394 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.0% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 38,824,556 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,728,590,000 after buying an additional 2,548,622 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 14.7%

Shares of IEFA stock opened at $80.05 on Monday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $66.95 and a 1-year high of $80.28. The company has a market capitalization of $135.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.84. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $76.22 and its 200-day simple moving average is $74.21.

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.