Venturi Wealth Management LLC Sells 1,121,346 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Venturi Wealth Management LLC lessened its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 55.7% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 893,202 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,121,346 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises approximately 3.7% of Venturi Wealth Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. Venturi Wealth Management LLC owned approximately 0.05% of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF worth $74,565,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in IEFA. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 198.2% in the 1st quarter. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp now owns 7,583,471 shares of the company’s stock valued at $596,895,000 after acquiring an additional 5,040,373 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 40.1% in the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 15,245,913 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,272,729,000 after acquiring an additional 4,362,206 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 308.9% in the 1st quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 3,509,149 shares of the company’s stock valued at $265,438,000 after acquiring an additional 2,651,047 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.2% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 32,276,425 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,441,712,000 after acquiring an additional 2,175,194 shares during the period. Finally, Nuveen LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $140,348,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 26.4%

Shares of IEFA stock opened at $88.20 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $85.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $81.97. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $66.95 and a 52 week high of $87.36. The company has a market cap of $150.81 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

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.