iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Sets New 52-Week High – Time to Buy?

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFAGet Free Report)’s share price reached a new 52-week high on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $101.28 and last traded at $101.22, with a volume of 336890 shares. The stock had previously closed at $100.63.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.5%

The stock has a market cap of $172.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $97.23 and its two-hundred day moving average is $95.61.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of IEFA. C M Bidwell & Associates Ltd. acquired a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $2,241,000. Trust Co. of Vermont purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the second quarter valued at $2,343,000. USA Financial Formulas increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 146.0% in the first quarter. USA Financial Formulas now owns 5,367 shares of the company’s stock valued at $486,000 after purchasing an additional 3,185 shares during the last quarter. First Community Trust NA lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 38.2% during the second quarter. First Community Trust NA now owns 1,354 shares of the company’s stock worth $131,000 after buying an additional 374 shares during the period. Finally, Lee Kelleher & Klein Wealth Management boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.9% in the 2nd quarter. Lee Kelleher & Klein Wealth Management now owns 23,917 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,310,000 after buying an additional 2,923 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

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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.

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