iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA) Hits New 52-Week High at $35.65

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high on Monday . The stock traded as high as $35.65 and last traded at $35.66, with a volume of 659661 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $35.56.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $35.38 and its 200 day simple moving average is $33.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.31 and a beta of 0.62.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of HEFA. Park Place Capital Corp grew its position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.0% in the first quarter. Park Place Capital Corp now owns 3,698 shares of the company’s stock valued at $129,000 after acquiring an additional 336 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its holdings in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 159.6% in the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,145 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,000 after acquiring an additional 704 shares during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 112.4% in the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,506 shares of the company’s stock valued at $79,000 after acquiring an additional 1,326 shares during the last quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors boosted its holdings in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 18.7% in the first quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 9,932 shares of the company’s stock valued at $346,000 after acquiring an additional 1,564 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Global Financial Private Client LLC bought a new stake in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $58,000.

About iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (HEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted, USD-hedged index of large- and mid-cap stocks from developed countries outside the US and Canada. HEFA was launched on Jan 31, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.