National Bank of Canada FI Trims Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

National Bank of Canada FI reduced its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 82.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 858,102 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,940,204 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $60,356,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Salomon & Ludwin LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.5% during the 4th quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 1,448 shares of the company’s stock valued at $102,000 after acquiring an additional 137 shares during the last quarter. HTLF Bank grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. HTLF Bank now owns 3,246 shares of the company’s stock valued at $228,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the period. Union Savings Bank increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 39.6% during the fourth quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 501 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 142 shares during the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 20,529 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,444,000 after purchasing an additional 142 shares during the period. Finally, Koshinski Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 49,285 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,464,000 after purchasing an additional 148 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 8.7 %

IEFA stock opened at $75.83 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $128.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.50 and a beta of 0.88. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $75.80 and a 200-day simple moving average of $74.41. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $68.74 and a 52 week high of $78.95.

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.