MONECO Advisors LLC Increases Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

MONECO Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 39.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 44,198 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 12,395 shares during the quarter. MONECO Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $3,106,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 36,275,934 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,831,337,000 after acquiring an additional 1,506,562 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 32,868,438 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,565,395,000 after acquiring an additional 656,213 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 19,246,834 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,502,215,000 after acquiring an additional 72,670 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 14,921,871 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,164,652,000 after purchasing an additional 106,405 shares during the period. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.7% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 9,656,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $753,663,000 after purchasing an additional 257,103 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 8.3 %

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $75.60 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $72.48 and its 200-day moving average price is $74.07. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $56.55 and a twelve month high of $70.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $118.68 billion, a PE ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82.

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.