Montag A & Associates Inc. Purchases 37,666 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Montag A & Associates Inc. raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 845.5% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 42,121 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 37,666 shares during the period. Montag A & Associates Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $3,813,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in 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 valued at $1,626,129,000 after buying an additional 40,918,156 shares during the period. Bank of Montreal Can raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 109.0% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 13,626,889 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,189,764,000 after acquiring an additional 7,107,210 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% in the 4th quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,859,727,000 after acquiring an additional 5,635,481 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,382,856,000 after purchasing an additional 4,892,313 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 224,863,248 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,632,810,000 after purchasing an additional 4,837,732 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

BATS IEFA opened at $97.01 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $165.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $96.68 and a 200 day simple moving average of $94.40. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $81.17 and a one year 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.