iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Stock: Sax Wealth Advisors LLC Grows Stake

Sax Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 93.7% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 88,939 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 43,032 shares during the quarter. Sax Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $8,616,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% during the first 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. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% during the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 16,811,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,521,915,000 after buying an additional 68,617 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.7% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 11,479,180 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,039,210,000 after acquiring an additional 720,499 shares in the last quarter. Keybank National Association OH grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.8% in the first quarter. Keybank National Association OH now owns 10,187,432 shares of the company’s stock valued at $922,268,000 after purchasing an additional 822,623 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mariner LLC increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% in the fourth quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 9,726,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $870,201,000 after purchasing an additional 475,010 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of BATS:IEFA traded up $0.17 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $96.36. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,245,653 shares, compared to its average volume of 12,014,254. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $99.22 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $97.07. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $85.03 and a 12 month high of $101.44. The stock has a market capitalization of $164.77 billion, a PE 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.