Investors Buy High Volume of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Call Options (BATS:EFV)

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV) was the target of some unusual options trading activity on Thursday. Stock traders bought 28,544 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 3,459% compared to the average daily volume of 802 call options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Auto Owners Insurance Co increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 8,167.2% in the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 327,629,080 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,339,599,000 after acquiring an additional 323,666,080 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 14,206,660 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,014,522,000 after acquiring an additional 210,510 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 11,985,894 shares of the company’s stock worth $855,913,000 after purchasing an additional 231,177 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 7.7% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,342,735 shares of the company’s stock worth $768,982,000 after acquiring an additional 736,906 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MML Investors Services LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 68.6% during the 2nd quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 5,691,240 shares of the company’s stock worth $361,280,000 after purchasing an additional 2,316,220 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Stock Up 2.3%

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF stock traded up $1.82 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $81.20. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 4,431,416 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,031,772. The stock has a market capitalization of $33.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.73. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF has a twelve month low of $62.89 and a twelve month high of $81.20. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $77.93 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $76.76.

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.