CWS Financial Advisors LLC Buys 506 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

CWS Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 1.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 34,203 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 506 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for about 0.8% of CWS Financial Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 18th largest holding. CWS Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,404,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% in the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 36,275,934 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,831,337,000 after acquiring an additional 1,506,562 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% in the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 32,868,438 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,565,395,000 after acquiring an additional 656,213 shares during the period. FMR LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 19,246,834 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,502,215,000 after acquiring an additional 72,670 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% during the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 14,921,871 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,164,652,000 after buying an additional 106,405 shares during the period. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.7% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 9,656,141 shares of the company’s stock valued at $753,663,000 after buying an additional 257,103 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 8.3 %

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $75.55 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $72.53 and a 200 day moving average of $74.12. The firm has a market capitalization of $126.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.99 and a beta of 0.89. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $56.55 and a 12-month high of $70.84.

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.