Verdence Capital Advisors LLC Purchases 598 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Verdence Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 2.4% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 25,672 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 598 shares during the quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,804,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Life Planning Partners Inc grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6,920.2% during the 4th quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc now owns 8,435,918 shares of the company’s stock valued at $592,876,000 after acquiring an additional 8,315,752 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.5% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 30,101,231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,115,515,000 after acquiring an additional 2,608,901 shares during the period. Bell Bank grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 187.7% during the 4th quarter. Bell Bank now owns 3,546,845 shares of the company’s stock valued at $249,272,000 after acquiring an additional 2,313,901 shares during the period. Constellation Investments Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $129,702,000. Finally, CX Institutional grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 670.8% during the 4th quarter. CX Institutional now owns 1,921,231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $135,024,000 after acquiring an additional 1,671,978 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 11.9 %

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $78.12 on Thursday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $56.55 and a twelve month high of $70.84. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $73.17 and a 200-day moving average price of $74.23. The company has a market capitalization of $131.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.99 and a beta of 0.89.

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.