Principal Securities Inc. Increases Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF $EFV

Principal Securities Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV) by 24.1% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 147,933 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 28,722 shares during the period. Principal Securities Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF were worth $10,564,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFV. MML Investors Services LLC grew its stake in 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 buying an additional 2,316,220 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 30.2% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 5,266,058 shares of the company’s stock worth $334,826,000 after buying an additional 1,222,406 shares during the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $76,892,000. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 11.5% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,719,462 shares of the company’s stock worth $616,991,000 after buying an additional 999,564 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hackensack Meridian Health Inc. purchased a new position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF during the 4th quarter worth $63,912,000.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of EFV stock opened at $78.57 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF has a 1-year low of $61.29 and a 1-year high of $80.14. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $77.60 and its 200 day moving average price is $75.16. The company has a market cap of $32.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.73.

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.