Principal Securities Inc. Sells 43,129 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Principal Securities Inc. decreased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 7.7% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 518,847 shares of the company’s stock after selling 43,129 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for approximately 0.7% of Principal Securities Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 26th largest position. Principal Securities Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $46,416,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of IEFA. Apella Capital LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.3% during the fourth quarter. Apella Capital LLC now owns 447,787 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,059,000 after acquiring an additional 38,001 shares during the last quarter. Becker Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.9% during the third quarter. Becker Capital Management Inc. now owns 200,026 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,464,000 after buying an additional 14,582 shares during the last quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 11.0% during the third quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 844,736 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,754,000 after buying an additional 83,798 shares during the last quarter. Cornerstone Advisory LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 12.7% during the third quarter. Cornerstone Advisory LLC now owns 128,182 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,192,000 after buying an additional 14,481 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Enclave Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 22.9% during the fourth quarter. Enclave Advisors LLC now owns 151,627 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,565,000 after buying an additional 28,244 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

IEFA opened at $97.79 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $167.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $95.91 and a 200 day simple moving average of $93.40. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $79.82 and a fifty-two week high of $98.83.

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.