Citigroup Inc. Buys 36,007 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Citigroup Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 6.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 580,344 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 36,007 shares during the period. Citigroup Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $50,670,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9,134.0% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 7,156,078 shares of the company’s stock valued at $597,389,000 after acquiring an additional 7,078,581 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.6% during the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 96,540,540 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,355,581,000 after purchasing an additional 6,837,301 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.5% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 220,025,516 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,367,730,000 after purchasing an additional 5,414,037 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 140.8% in the second quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 8,449,555 shares of the company’s stock worth $705,336,000 after purchasing an additional 4,940,406 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vantagepoint Investment Advisers LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $365,315,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

IEFA opened at $97.45 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $166.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $93.01 and its 200 day moving average is $89.39. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $66.95 and a fifty-two week high of $98.24.

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.