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 activity on Friday. Investors purchased 14,908 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 1,920% compared to the typical daily volume of 738 call options.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EFV opened at $52.81 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.54 and a beta of 0.70. The company’s fifty day moving average is $53.05 and its two-hundred day moving average is $51.18. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF has a 1 year low of $49.15 and a 1 year high of $59.57.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of EFV. Cibc World Market Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 5.8% during the 1st quarter. Cibc World Market Inc. now owns 41,773 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,100,000 after purchasing an additional 2,299 shares during the period. Vontobel Holding Ltd. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 12.3% during the 1st quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 15,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $754,000 after purchasing an additional 1,640 shares during the period. Blair William & Co. IL grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 78.1% during the 1st quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 38,808 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,951,000 after purchasing an additional 17,015 shares during the period. Mackenzie Financial Corp acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF during the 1st quarter worth $16,807,000. Finally, Prudential Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 13.9% during the 1st quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 450,991 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,667,000 after purchasing an additional 55,103 shares during the period.

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.