Petix & Botte Co Boosts Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Petix & Botte Co boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 14.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 194,230 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 24,757 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises 3.9% of Petix & Botte Co’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Petix & Botte Co’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $17,376,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.2% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 224,863,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,632,810,000 after buying an additional 4,837,732 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.6% during the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 96,540,540 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,355,581,000 after acquiring an additional 6,837,301 shares during the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.7% during the third quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 47,576,490 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,143,178,000 after purchasing an additional 786,918 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.9% in the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 38,892,517 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,246,747,000 after purchasing an additional 1,109,663 shares during the last quarter. Finally, US Bancorp DE raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.1% in the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 35,451,679 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,095,313,000 after purchasing an additional 1,065,415 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

IEFA stock opened at $96.91 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $79.82 and a one year high of $98.83. The stock has a market cap of $165.72 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $93.32 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $92.13.

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.