iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (BATS:EFV)

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV) saw unusually large options trading on Friday. Stock traders purchased 15,851 call options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 4,303% compared to the average daily volume of 360 call options.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Stock Performance

BATS:EFV opened at $59.95 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF has a 1 year low of $51.05 and a 1 year high of $60.86. The stock has a market cap of $20.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.02 and a beta of 0.82. The business has a fifty day moving average of $56.60 and a 200-day moving average of $55.53.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of EFV. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 91.4% in the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 12,773,389 shares of the company’s stock worth $734,853,000 after purchasing an additional 6,101,266 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 44.8% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 13,232,972 shares of the company’s stock worth $761,293,000 after purchasing an additional 4,091,747 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 7.5% in the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 58,027,852 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,044,721,000 after purchasing an additional 4,032,718 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 122.3% in the fourth quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 5,781,455 shares of the company’s stock worth $303,353,000 after purchasing an additional 3,180,255 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MML Investors Services LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 115.0% in the third quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 3,396,292 shares of the company’s stock valued at $195,389,000 after buying an additional 1,816,371 shares during the period.

About iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF

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.