Stock Traders Purchase High Volume of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Call Options (BATS:EFV)

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV) saw some unusual options trading on Wednesday. Traders acquired 14,384 call options on the company. This represents an increase of 2,297% compared to the typical daily volume of 600 call options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFV. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 21.2% during the 1st quarter. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC now owns 750 shares of the company’s stock worth $56,000 after buying an additional 131 shares during the last quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 2.5% during the 1st quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 5,364 shares of the company’s stock worth $399,000 after acquiring an additional 131 shares in the last quarter. Novus Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 2.1% during the 4th quarter. Novus Advisors LLC now owns 6,948 shares of the company’s stock worth $496,000 after acquiring an additional 144 shares in the last quarter. 25 LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. 25 LLC now owns 12,056 shares of the company’s stock valued at $861,000 after acquiring an additional 146 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Well Done LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Well Done LLC now owns 6,605 shares of the company’s stock valued at $472,000 after acquiring an additional 150 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Stock Performance

BATS EFV traded down $0.09 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $75.82. 694,819 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,914,796. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $77.74 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $75.55. The stock has a market cap of $31.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.73. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF has a 1 year low of $62.21 and a 1 year high of $80.14.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Value Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE Value Index. The Index is a subset of the MSCI EAFE Index and constituents of the Index include securities from Europe, Australasia (Australia and Asia), and the Far East. The Fund invests in sectors, such as financials, energy, healthcare, telecommunication services, industrials, utilities, consumer discretionary, materials, information technology and consumer staples.