Noesis Capital Mangement Corp Buys 644 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Noesis Capital Mangement Corp lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 5.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 12,354 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 644 shares during the period. Noesis Capital Mangement Corp’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $868,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. LPL Financial LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 36,275,934 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,831,337,000 after purchasing an additional 1,506,562 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.5% in the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 30,101,231 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,115,515,000 after purchasing an additional 2,608,901 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 19,246,834 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,502,215,000 after purchasing an additional 72,670 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 14,921,871 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,164,652,000 after purchasing an additional 106,405 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.7% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 9,656,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $753,663,000 after purchasing an additional 257,103 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 8.2 %

BATS:IEFA opened at $75.54 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $56.55 and a 12-month high of $70.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $126.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.99 and a beta of 0.89. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $72.81 and its 200-day simple moving average is $74.17.

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.