Prudential Financial Inc. Has $363.14 Million Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Prudential Financial Inc. lessened its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 0.3% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 5,167,058 shares of the company’s stock after selling 16,641 shares during the quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. owned 0.33% of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF worth $363,141,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of IEFA. TAGStone Capital Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. TAGStone Capital Inc. now owns 65,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,580,000 after purchasing an additional 883 shares in the last quarter. Towercrest Capital Management boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. Towercrest Capital Management now owns 319,098 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,426,000 after acquiring an additional 4,261 shares during the last quarter. Napatree Capital LLC increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 152.2% in the fourth quarter. Napatree Capital LLC now owns 18,767 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,319,000 after purchasing an additional 11,326 shares in the last quarter. Hill Island Financial LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Hill Island Financial LLC now owns 14,147 shares of the company’s stock worth $994,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 38,824,556 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,728,590,000 after acquiring an additional 2,548,622 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 11.1 %

BATS IEFA opened at $77.54 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $130.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.46 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $74.96 and a 200 day simple moving average of $74.34. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $68.74 and a 12-month high of $78.95.

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.