iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Holdings Lifted by WASHINGTON TRUST Co

WASHINGTON TRUST Co raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 1.9% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 324,807 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,140 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for 1.0% of WASHINGTON TRUST Co’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 28th largest holding. WASHINGTON TRUST Co’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $31,467,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of IEFA. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,450,779,000 after purchasing an additional 2,957,022 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% in the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 16,811,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,521,915,000 after buying an additional 68,617 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.7% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 11,479,180 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,039,210,000 after buying an additional 720,499 shares during the last quarter. Keybank National Association OH raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.8% in the first quarter. Keybank National Association OH now owns 10,187,432 shares of the company’s stock valued at $922,268,000 after buying an additional 822,623 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 8,847,558 shares of the company’s stock valued at $800,969,000 after buying an additional 28,030 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

BATS IEFA traded down $0.47 during trading on Friday, reaching $95.68. 7,491,461 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 11,895,907. The stock has a market cap of $163.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $98.45 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $97.43. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $85.03 and a 1 year high of $101.44.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

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.