iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Short Interest Up 134.0% in July

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,368,646 shares, an increase of 134.0% from the June 30th total of 4,004,093 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,651,567 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.5% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 179.9% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 18,177,164 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,626,129,000 after buying an additional 40,918,156 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% during the 4th quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,859,727,000 after buying an additional 5,635,481 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,382,856,000 after acquiring an additional 4,892,313 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,450,779,000 after acquiring an additional 2,957,022 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 227,762,243 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,375,610,000 after acquiring an additional 2,898,995 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.5%

IEFA opened at $96.83 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $165.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $96.85 and its 200-day moving average price is $95.07. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $81.17 and a 12 month high of $98.83.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

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.