Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Raises Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 3.4% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,590,968 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 52,755 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC owned about 0.10% of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF worth $118,082,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.4% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 56,399,935 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,967,735,000 after acquiring an additional 3,893,711 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 106.9% during the 4th quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 7,510,233 shares of the company’s stock valued at $528,345,000 after buying an additional 3,879,901 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.0% during the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 76,887,097 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,409,007,000 after buying an additional 3,655,216 shares in the last quarter. Quotient Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter worth $179,718,000. Finally, Midland Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter worth $132,392,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.7 %

Shares of IEFA traded up $0.48 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $74.26. 4,634,173 shares of the company traded hands. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $74.07 and a 200 day simple moving average of $72.28. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $56.55 and a fifty-two week high of $70.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $116.59 billion, a PE ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 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.