Lido Advisors LLC Purchases 137,711 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Lido Advisors LLC lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 7.7% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,927,256 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 137,711 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises 0.5% of Lido Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 21st largest position. Lido Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $170,734,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Kozak & Associates Inc. increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3,462.5% during the 3rd quarter. Kozak & Associates Inc. now owns 285 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 277 shares in the last quarter. Ransom Advisory Ltd bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Lloyd Advisory Services LLC. bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Security National Bank bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $27,000. Finally, Key Capital Management INC bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $30,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.8%

IEFA stock opened at $97.38 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $94.99 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $92.99. The stock has a market cap of $166.52 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $79.82 and a 1 year high of $98.83.

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.