iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Shares Sold by First Command Advisory Services Inc.

First Command Advisory Services Inc. lessened its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 19.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,943,213 shares of the company’s stock after selling 470,892 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up approximately 1.0% of First Command Advisory Services Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 14th largest holding. First Command Advisory Services Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $188,258,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,450,779,000 after purchasing an additional 2,957,022 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% during the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 16,811,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,521,915,000 after acquiring an additional 68,617 shares during the last quarter. Keybank National Association OH purchased a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,075,536,000. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.7% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 11,479,180 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,039,210,000 after acquiring an additional 720,499 shares during the period. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 8,847,558 shares of the company’s stock worth $800,969,000 after acquiring an additional 28,030 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IEFA opened at $97.43 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $97.44 and a two-hundred day moving average of $96.46. The company has a market capitalization of $192.91 billion, a PE ratio of 16.36 and a beta of 0.80. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $85.03 and a fifty-two week high of $101.44.

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.