Principal Financial Group Inc. Sells 70,645 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV)

Principal Financial Group Inc. reduced its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV) by 70.4% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 29,643 shares of the company’s stock after selling 70,645 shares during the quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF were worth $1,705,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of EFV. FMR LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 4.6% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 19,209,588 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,105,128,000 after purchasing an additional 851,958 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 91.4% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 12,773,389 shares of the company’s stock valued at $734,853,000 after acquiring an additional 6,101,266 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 4.7% during the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 12,321,761 shares of the company’s stock valued at $708,885,000 after acquiring an additional 551,006 shares during the period. CWM LLC grew its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 103.4% during the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 6,177,993 shares of the company’s stock worth $355,420,000 after acquiring an additional 3,140,696 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Park Avenue Securities LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 101.1% in the 3rd quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 5,710,211 shares of the company’s stock worth $328,508,000 after purchasing an additional 2,870,711 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Stock Performance

BATS:EFV opened at $52.56 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF has a fifty-two week low of $49.15 and a fifty-two week high of $59.57. The firm has a market cap of $16.36 billion, a PE ratio of 10.89 and a beta of 0.70. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $53.99 and a 200-day moving average price of $54.79.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 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.