Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC Grows Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 0.8% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 83,758 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 686 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises 1.1% of Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 24th biggest position. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $5,892,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Peoples Bank KS grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 275.0% in the fourth quarter. Peoples Bank KS now owns 375 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 275 shares during the period. Blume Capital Management Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 275.6% in the third quarter. Blume Capital Management Inc. now owns 477 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 350 shares during the period. Pingora Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $34,000. Criterion Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $37,000. Finally, HHM Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 52.6% in the fourth quarter. HHM Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 528 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 182 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.8 %

Shares of BATS IEFA traded up $0.56 during trading on Friday, hitting $72.36. The company had a trading volume of 6,963,533 shares. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $72.71 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $69.28. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $56.55 and a fifty-two week high of $70.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $112.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.39 and a beta of 0.82.

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.