Founders Financial Securities LLC Increases Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Founders Financial Securities LLC boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 25.2% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 163,400 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 32,857 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for 0.9% of Founders Financial Securities LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 17th largest holding. Founders Financial Securities LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $15,546,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Apella Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.3% during the 4th quarter. Apella Capital LLC now owns 447,787 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,059,000 after purchasing an additional 38,001 shares in the last quarter. Becker Capital Management Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.9% during the third quarter. Becker Capital Management Inc. now owns 200,026 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,464,000 after buying an additional 14,582 shares during the period. Clearstead Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 11.0% in the third quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 844,736 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,754,000 after buying an additional 83,798 shares in the last quarter. Enclave Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 22.9% in the fourth quarter. Enclave Advisors LLC now owns 151,627 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,565,000 after buying an additional 28,244 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Arkos Global Advisors lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 16.4% in the third quarter. Arkos Global Advisors now owns 1,005,429 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,784,000 after buying an additional 141,522 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of IEFA opened at $97.29 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $96.51 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $93.75. The firm has a market capitalization of $166.37 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $79.82 and a one year high of $98.83.

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.