Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. Increases Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 6.4% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 383,769 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 22,987 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for about 1.4% of Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 27th largest holding. Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $28,483,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.4% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 56,399,935 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,967,735,000 after purchasing an additional 3,893,711 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 106.9% in the fourth quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 7,510,233 shares of the company’s stock worth $528,345,000 after purchasing an additional 3,879,901 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.0% in the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 76,887,097 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,409,007,000 after purchasing an additional 3,655,216 shares during the last quarter. Quotient Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $179,718,000. Finally, Midland Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $132,392,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

IEFA stock traded up $0.19 on Tuesday, hitting $72.93. The company had a trading volume of 6,835,596 shares. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $56.55 and a 12-month high of $70.84. The stock has a market cap of $114.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $73.94 and its 200 day simple moving average is $72.20.

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.