iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Position Boosted by Axiom Investors LLC DE

Axiom Investors LLC DE increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 82.6% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 755,000 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 341,500 shares during the quarter. Axiom Investors LLC DE’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $57,116,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Cadence Bank grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.1% in the 1st quarter. Cadence Bank now owns 10,618 shares of the company’s stock worth $803,000 after buying an additional 423 shares in the last quarter. Ally Invest Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.8% in the 1st quarter. Ally Invest Advisors Inc. now owns 6,728 shares of the company’s stock worth $509,000 after buying an additional 184 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 69.9% in the 1st quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 34,887 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,665,000 after buying an additional 14,358 shares in the last quarter. Bahl & Gaynor Inc. grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. Bahl & Gaynor Inc. now owns 208,973 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,809,000 after buying an additional 1,931 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% in the 1st quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 34,156,332 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,583,926,000 after buying an additional 1,668,799 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of IEFA stock opened at $85.85 on Monday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $66.95 and a 12-month high of $87.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $146.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $84.26 and a 200 day simple moving average of $80.39.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company 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.