iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Sees Unusually Large Options Volume (BATS:EFV)

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

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Trading Up 14.7 %

BATS:EFV traded up $7.69 on Friday, hitting $59.95. 1,563,780 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,555,006. The stock has a market cap of $20.74 billion, a PE ratio of 13.02 and a beta of 0.82. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $56.46 and a 200-day moving average of $55.50. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF has a fifty-two week low of $51.05 and a fifty-two week high of $60.86.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $35,000. Wagner Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $40,000. JNBA Financial Advisors purchased a new position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $42,000. PSI Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 1,025.3% in the fourth quarter. PSI Advisors LLC now owns 934 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,000 after purchasing an additional 851 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bellwether Advisors LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $65,000.

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.