iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) Shares Purchased by Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co.

Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 5.1% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 11,711 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 564 shares during the period. Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $824,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Peoples Bank KS boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 275.0% in the 4th quarter. Peoples Bank KS now owns 375 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 275 shares in the last quarter. Blume Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 275.6% in the third quarter. Blume Capital Management Inc. now owns 477 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 350 shares during the last quarter. Criterion Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $37,000. Milestone Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the third quarter worth about $39,000. Finally, Thompson Investment Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $40,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $72.33 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $72.57 and a 200-day simple moving average of $69.19. The company has a market capitalization of $112.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.39 and a beta of 0.82. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $56.55 and a fifty-two week 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.