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IEFA ISHARES CORE MSCI EAFE ETF

2026Q2 · CUSIP 46432F842 · Sector: Other

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
2,462
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+48
Last quarter 2,414 → now 2,462
How unusual is that
Top 10%
Stronger buying than 92% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

2,462 funds held IEFA at the end of 2026Q2, up 48 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 91.6% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. IEFA has had 45 buying rushes in its history. It sits in the Other sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=54 2013Q4: holders=66 2014Q1: holders=82 2014Q2: holders=98 2014Q3: holders=109 2014Q4: holders=141 2015Q1: holders=155 2015Q2: holders=183 2015Q3: holders=200 2015Q4: holders=253 2016Q1: holders=266 2016Q2: holders=295 2016Q3: holders=322 2016Q4: holders=375 2017Q1: holders=426 2017Q2: holders=472 2017Q3: holders=512 2017Q4: holders=631 2018Q1: holders=684 2018Q2: holders=715 2018Q3: holders=731 2018Q4: holders=869 2019Q1: holders=894 2019Q2: holders=915 2019Q3: holders=926 2019Q4: holders=1093 2020Q1: holders=1024 2020Q2: holders=1044 2020Q3: holders=1071 2020Q4: holders=1254 2021Q1: holders=1270 2021Q2: holders=1285 2021Q3: holders=1314 2021Q4: holders=1506 2022Q1: holders=1498 2022Q2: holders=1441 2022Q3: holders=1393 2022Q4: holders=1505 2023Q1: holders=1536 2023Q2: holders=1566 2023Q3: holders=1563 2023Q4: holders=1730 2024Q1: holders=1773 2024Q2: holders=1799 2024Q3: holders=1842 2024Q4: holders=1994 2025Q1: holders=2025 2025Q2: holders=2100 2025Q3: holders=2125 2025Q4: holders=2345 2026Q1: holders=2414 2026Q2: holders=2462 -220 -110 +0 +110 +220 4813172586 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 45 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 10% — —
2026Q1 Top 5% — —
2025Q4 Top 1% in the market — —
2025Q3 Top 20% — —
2025Q2 Top 5% — —
2025Q1 Top 10% — —
2024Q4 Top 5% — —
2024Q3 Top 10% — —

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
192
Change in large funds
+23
Total value they hold
$162.0B
Funds buying for the first time
166
Funds that sold out entirely
118
Price change that quarter
—
Funds holding puts (bearish)
2
Funds holding calls (bullish)
3

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

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2026 Q3 holdings are due 2026-11-16. We will email you when the refreshed lists are live.