Richard P Slaughter Associates Inc Raises Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Richard P Slaughter Associates Inc lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 5.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 30,789 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,666 shares during the period. Richard P Slaughter Associates Inc’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,164,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. HCR Wealth Advisors grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.4% during the third quarter. HCR Wealth Advisors now owns 16,331 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,275,000 after purchasing an additional 1,397 shares during the last quarter. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative LLC purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $86,526,000. Confluence Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $284,000. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 21.4% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 12,326 shares of the company’s stock valued at $866,000 after buying an additional 2,176 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lavaca Capital LLC purchased a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $787,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of IEFA opened at $69.78 on Wednesday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $72.10 and its 200-day simple moving average is $74.03. The firm has a market cap of $109.55 billion, a PE ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $56.55 and a 12-month high of $70.84.

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.