CWS Financial Advisors LLC Raises Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

CWS Financial Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 1.5% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 34,203 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 506 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for about 0.8% of CWS Financial Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 18th largest holding. CWS Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,404,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of IEFA. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% in the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 36,275,934 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,831,337,000 after buying an additional 1,506,562 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% in the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 32,868,438 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,565,395,000 after buying an additional 656,213 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 19,246,834 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,502,215,000 after buying an additional 72,670 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 14,921,871 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,164,652,000 after buying an additional 106,405 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.7% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 9,656,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $753,663,000 after buying an additional 257,103 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $75.55 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $126.92 billion, a PE ratio of 16.99 and a beta of 0.89. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $56.55 and a 52-week high of $70.84. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $72.53 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $74.12.

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.