Valmark Advisers Inc. Boosts Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Valmark Advisers Inc. boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 16.5% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 56,246 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,969 shares during the period. Valmark Advisers Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $5,092,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 227,762,243 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,375,610,000 after purchasing an additional 2,898,995 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,382,856,000 after purchasing an additional 4,892,313 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 79,118,875 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,077,975,000 after purchasing an additional 2,898,461 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% in the fourth quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,859,727,000 after buying an additional 5,635,481 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 40,788,933 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,648,978,000 after buying an additional 1,799,732 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of IEFA opened at $97.22 on Monday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $81.17 and a 1 year high of $98.83. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $96.84 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $94.57. The firm has a market cap of $166.25 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

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.