iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF (BATS:EFAV) Stock Short Interest Report for October

iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF (BATS:EFAV) was the recipient of a large decrease in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 45,946 shares, a decrease of 69.0% from the September 30th total of 148,276 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 602,404 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days.

iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF Stock Down 0.7%

BATS EFAV opened at $95.09 on Thursday. iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF has a fifty-two week low of $83.85 and a fifty-two week high of $96.42. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $93.52 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $91.54. The stock has a market cap of $6.21 billion, a PE ratio of 16.91 and a beta of 0.57.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF by 2.5% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 356,879 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,608,000 after buying an additional 8,781 shares during the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF by 98.8% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 213,922 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,546,000 after acquiring an additional 106,290 shares in the last quarter. Brookstone Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $18,230,000. Anderson Hoagland & Co. bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $14,722,000. Finally, Ledyard National Bank bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $14,435,000.

iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF (EFAV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility (USD) index. The fund tracks an index of developed-market equities, ex-US and Canada, selected and weighted to create a low volatility portfolio subject to constraints including sector exposure. EFAV was launched on Oct 18, 2011 and is managed by BlackRock.