Madison Asset Management LLC Buys 25,318 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Madison Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 273.8% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 34,564 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 25,318 shares during the quarter. Madison Asset Management LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $3,129,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.9% in the first quarter. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,006 shares of the company’s stock valued at $725,000 after acquiring an additional 148 shares during the last quarter. JMG Financial Group Ltd. raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.0% during the 1st quarter. JMG Financial Group Ltd. now owns 20,303 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,838,000 after purchasing an additional 209 shares during the last quarter. Maimon Wealth Management LTD. lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.7% during the 1st quarter. Maimon Wealth Management LTD. now owns 36,495 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,200,000 after purchasing an additional 1,970 shares during the period. Johnson Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.8% during the 1st quarter. Johnson Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,934,375 shares of the company’s stock valued at $175,119,000 after purchasing an additional 123,084 shares during the period. Finally, Element Pointe Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 17.2% in the 1st quarter. Element Pointe Advisors LLC now owns 317,144 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,711,000 after purchasing an additional 46,594 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 1.4%

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $96.92 on Wednesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $81.17 and a 1 year high of $98.83. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $96.84 and its 200-day moving average is $94.91. The firm has a market capitalization of $165.73 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.