Pacific Capital Wealth Advisors Inc. Buys 20,226 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Pacific Capital Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 4.3% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 495,957 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 20,226 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for about 8.8% of Pacific Capital Wealth Advisors Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest position. Pacific Capital Wealth Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $34,891,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.8% in the third quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 88,364,142 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,686,233,000 after buying an additional 1,583,086 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 73,231,881 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,712,472,000 after buying an additional 895,629 shares during the period. TIAA Trust National Association bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 3rd quarter worth $3,749,602,000. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 33,364,576 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,147,010,000 after acquiring an additional 1,360,944 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James & Associates boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 29,518,120 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,076,600,000 after acquiring an additional 673,843 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock traded down $0.06 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $73.99. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 4,122,062 shares. The firm has a market cap of $116.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $72.93 and its 200-day moving average price is $69.87. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $56.55 and a one year high of $70.84.

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.