iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Short Interest Update

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) saw a significant growth in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 12,019,034 shares, a growth of 61.9% from the August 15th total of 7,425,747 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,939,930 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

BATS:IEFA opened at $97.97 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $167.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $85.03 and a 52-week high of $101.44. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $99.05 and a 200 day moving average of $96.37.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Talon Private Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.5% in the second quarter. Talon Private Wealth LLC now owns 10,225 shares of the company’s stock worth $988,000 after purchasing an additional 803 shares during the last quarter. Capstone Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $214,000. Blue Edge Capital LLC lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 25.4% during the second quarter. Blue Edge Capital LLC now owns 8,513 shares of the company’s stock valued at $822,000 after purchasing an additional 1,727 shares during the last quarter. MCF Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 41.9% in the 2nd quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 533,982 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,572,000 after buying an additional 157,770 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bienville Capital Management LLC grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 62.5% in the 2nd quarter. Bienville Capital Management LLC now owns 3,641 shares of the company’s stock worth $352,000 after buying an additional 1,401 shares in the last quarter.

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.