iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Shares Purchased by QRG Capital Management Inc.

QRG Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 53.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 23,290 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,101 shares during the period. QRG Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,033,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of IEFA. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.5% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 220,025,516 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,367,730,000 after buying an additional 5,414,037 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.1% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 40,235,704 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,358,875,000 after acquiring an additional 3,675,689 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.9% during the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 38,892,517 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,246,747,000 after acquiring an additional 1,109,663 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% during the second quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 34,386,264 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,870,592,000 after purchasing an additional 239,082 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 32,560,687 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,718,166,000 after purchasing an additional 284,262 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 32.9%

IEFA stock opened at $92.75 on Tuesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $66.95 and a 52 week high of $87.36. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $89.50 and a 200-day simple moving average of $87.23. The stock has a market capitalization of $158.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

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.