Okabena Investment Services Inc. Grows Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Okabena Investment Services Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 1.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 45,237 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 794 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up about 0.9% of Okabena Investment Services Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 23rd biggest holding. Okabena Investment Services Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $3,179,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 88,571,458 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,224,802,000 after purchasing an additional 1,150,886 shares in the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the fourth quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 55,081,925 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,872,502,000 after buying an additional 2,594,394 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 38,824,556 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,728,590,000 after buying an additional 2,548,622 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter worth $2,637,205,000. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.5% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 30,101,231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,115,515,000 after buying an additional 2,608,901 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

BATS IEFA opened at $76.40 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $128.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.46 and a beta of 0.88. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $75.65 and its 200 day moving average price is $74.42. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $68.74 and a 1 year high of $78.95.

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.