Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd. Takes $5.02 Million Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd. purchased a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm purchased 51,992 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,021,000. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up approximately 2.6% of Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd.’s holdings, making the stock its 11th biggest position.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Breakwater Capital Group lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.8% in the first quarter. Breakwater Capital Group now owns 12,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,174,000 after acquiring an additional 105 shares during the last quarter. LGL Partners LLC grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. LGL Partners LLC now owns 33,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,040,000 after acquiring an additional 108 shares in the last quarter. Eclectic Associates Inc. ADV increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.4% during the 2nd quarter. Eclectic Associates Inc. ADV now owns 3,283 shares of the company’s stock worth $317,000 after purchasing an additional 108 shares during the last quarter. Insight Inv LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Insight Inv LLC now owns 4,781 shares of the company’s stock valued at $428,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GW&K Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. GW&K Investment Management LLC now owns 12,993 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,162,000 after purchasing an additional 111 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.5%

IEFA stock opened at $99.88 on Thursday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $84.51 and a 1 year high of $101.44. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $98.46 and a 200 day simple moving average of $96.23. The firm has a market cap of $170.79 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

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.