6,270 Shares in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Purchased by North Star Asset Management Inc.

North Star Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 6,270 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $561,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Apella Capital LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.3% in the fourth quarter. Apella Capital LLC now owns 447,787 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,059,000 after purchasing an additional 38,001 shares during the period. Becker Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.9% in the third quarter. Becker Capital Management Inc. now owns 200,026 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,464,000 after purchasing an additional 14,582 shares during the period. Clearstead Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 11.0% in the third quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 844,736 shares of the company’s stock valued at $73,754,000 after purchasing an additional 83,798 shares during the period. Cornerstone Advisory LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 12.7% in the third quarter. Cornerstone Advisory LLC now owns 128,182 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,192,000 after purchasing an additional 14,481 shares during the period. Finally, Bare Financial Services Inc grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.5% in the third quarter. Bare Financial Services Inc now owns 360,613 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,485,000 after purchasing an additional 8,800 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IEFA opened at $97.22 on Monday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $79.82 and a 12 month high of $98.83. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $93.76 and its two-hundred day moving average is $92.45. The firm has a market cap of $166.25 billion, a P/E 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.