Empowered Funds LLC Boosts Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Empowered Funds LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 42.8% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 332,183 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 99,561 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $30,073,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of IEFA. Apella Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.3% during the fourth quarter. Apella Capital LLC now owns 447,787 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,059,000 after buying an additional 38,001 shares during the period. Colony Family Offices LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.1% in the fourth quarter. Colony Family Offices LLC now owns 650,927 shares of the company’s stock worth $58,232,000 after acquiring an additional 13,562 shares during the last quarter. ERn Financial LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.1% in the fourth quarter. ERn Financial LLC now owns 197,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,709,000 after acquiring an additional 22,866 shares during the last quarter. Winthrop Advisory Group LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 37.2% in the 4th quarter. Winthrop Advisory Group LLC now owns 22,200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,986,000 after purchasing an additional 6,022 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Brookstone Capital Management increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.1% in the 4th quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 914,163 shares of the company’s stock valued at $81,781,000 after purchasing an additional 60,576 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of IEFA opened at $96.83 on Tuesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $81.17 and a twelve month high of $98.83. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $96.85 and its 200-day simple moving average is $95.07. The firm has a market capitalization of $165.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

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.