Lazari Capital Management Inc. Increases Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Lazari Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 694.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 21,720 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 18,985 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for 0.7% of Lazari Capital Management Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 28th largest position. Lazari Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,578,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bennett Associates Wealth Management purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $11,903,000. Visionary Wealth Advisors raised its stake in shares of 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 worth $5,616,000 after buying an additional 1,063 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp raised its stake in shares of 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 worth $249,010,000 after buying an additional 1,200,708 shares during the period. Cim Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of 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 worth $7,500,000 after buying an additional 1,756 shares during the period. Finally, Baird Financial Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of 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 worth $365,447,000 after buying an additional 451,382 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of IEFA stock opened at $77.43 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $121.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $75.06 and a 200-day simple moving average of $74.22. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $56.55 and a 1-year high of $70.84.

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.