Lodestar Private Asset Management LLC Grows Stock Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Lodestar Private Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 23.9% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 49,157 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 9,482 shares during the period. Lodestar Private Asset Management LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $4,450,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 227,762,243 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,375,610,000 after buying an additional 2,898,995 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,382,856,000 after acquiring an additional 4,892,313 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 79,118,875 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,077,975,000 after acquiring an additional 2,898,461 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% during the fourth quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,859,727,000 after acquiring an additional 5,635,481 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 40,788,933 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,648,978,000 after acquiring an additional 1,799,732 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

IEFA stock opened at $97.30 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $81.17 and a fifty-two week high of $98.83. The business’s 50-day moving average is $96.56 and its two-hundred day moving average is $94.24. The company has a market cap of $166.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

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.