Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc. Sells 253 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc. reduced its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 0.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 31,157 shares of the company’s stock after selling 253 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for 1.1% of Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 25th biggest holding. Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,190,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 88.9% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 25,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,887,000 after acquiring an additional 12,225 shares in the last quarter. Magnolia Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 85.2% in the second quarter. Magnolia Capital Advisors LLC now owns 33,155 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,408,000 after purchasing an additional 15,251 shares during the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.7% in the second quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 57,697 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,191,000 after purchasing an additional 1,518 shares in the last quarter. Invst LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 14.4% during the second quarter. Invst LLC now owns 38,594 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,807,000 after buying an additional 4,857 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Regal Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.5% during the second quarter. Regal Investment Advisors LLC now owns 119,685 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,694,000 after buying an additional 570 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 5.4 %

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $73.55 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $115.48 billion, a PE ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $71.95 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $73.92. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $56.55 and a 1-year high of $70.84.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 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.