Argent Trust Co Cuts Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Argent Trust Co lessened its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 2.0% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 67,889 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,390 shares during the quarter. Argent Trust Co’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $4,771,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Salomon & Ludwin LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.5% in the fourth quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 1,448 shares of the company’s stock worth $102,000 after purchasing an additional 137 shares during the last quarter. Kraft Davis & Associates LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Kraft Davis & Associates LLC now owns 6,416 shares of the company’s stock worth $480,000 after acquiring an additional 139 shares during the period. HTLF Bank boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.5% during the fourth quarter. HTLF Bank now owns 3,246 shares of the company’s stock valued at $228,000 after buying an additional 140 shares during the period. Union Savings Bank lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 39.6% during the fourth quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 501 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 142 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 20,529 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,444,000 after acquiring an additional 142 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

IEFA traded up $1.73 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $71.51. 14,707,929 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,690,004. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $66.95 and a 52 week high of $78.95. The stock has a market capitalization of $120.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.50 and a beta of 0.88. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $75.42 and a two-hundred day moving average of $74.15.

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.