Clarity Capital Partners LLC Lowers Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Clarity Capital Partners LLC decreased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 13.1% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 11,573 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,737 shares during the quarter. Clarity Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $875,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,738,074 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,475,352,000 after purchasing an additional 9,128,380 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.4% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 65,745,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,620,618,000 after acquiring an additional 3,362,038 shares in the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association raised its holdings in 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 valued at $3,872,502,000 after acquiring an additional 2,594,394 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in 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 valued at $2,728,590,000 after acquiring an additional 2,548,622 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,637,205,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 19.7%

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $83.54 on Thursday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $81.46 and its 200 day moving average price is $76.48. The stock has a market cap of $142.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $66.95 and a fifty-two week high of $84.22.

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.