Alaska Permanent Fund Corp Sells 538,895 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Alaska Permanent Fund Corp lowered its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 12.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,832,006 shares of the company’s stock after selling 538,895 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for 4.4% of Alaska Permanent Fund Corp’s holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest position. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $269,582,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of IEFA. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.8% in the third quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 88,364,142 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,686,233,000 after purchasing an additional 1,583,086 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 73,231,881 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,712,472,000 after buying an additional 895,629 shares during the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association bought a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $3,749,602,000. LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 33,364,576 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,147,010,000 after buying an additional 1,360,944 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James & Associates grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 29,518,120 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,076,600,000 after acquiring an additional 673,843 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

IEFA traded up $0.76 on Tuesday, hitting $72.33. 10,806,414 shares of the company were exchanged. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $72.57 and its 200-day moving average is $69.19. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $56.55 and a 12 month high of $70.84. The company has a market cap of $112.83 billion, a PE ratio of 14.39 and a beta of 0.82.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 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.