iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Shares Sold by Garde Capital Inc.

Garde Capital Inc. trimmed its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 32.4% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 11,285 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,400 shares during the quarter. Garde Capital Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $820,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Bennett Associates Wealth Management acquired a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $11,903,000. Visionary Wealth Advisors lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Visionary Wealth Advisors now owns 79,827 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,616,000 after acquiring an additional 1,063 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 51.3% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 3,539,585 shares of the company’s stock valued at $249,010,000 after acquiring an additional 1,200,708 shares during the period. Cim Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Cim Investment Management Inc. now owns 106,614 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,500,000 after acquiring an additional 1,756 shares during the period. Finally, Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.5% during the 4th quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,194,697 shares of the company’s stock valued at $365,447,000 after acquiring an additional 451,382 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $78.25 on Monday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $56.55 and a 12 month high of $70.84. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $74.99 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $74.18. The stock has a market cap of $122.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82.

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.