iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (BATS:EFV)

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV) was the target of some unusual options trading on Friday. Traders purchased 15,851 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 4,303% compared to the average volume of 360 call options.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFV. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 91.4% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 12,773,389 shares of the company’s stock worth $734,853,000 after buying an additional 6,101,266 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 44.8% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 13,232,972 shares of the company’s stock worth $761,293,000 after buying an additional 4,091,747 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 7.5% during the 4th quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 58,027,852 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,044,721,000 after buying an additional 4,032,718 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 122.3% during the 4th quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 5,781,455 shares of the company’s stock worth $303,353,000 after buying an additional 3,180,255 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MML Investors Services LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 115.0% during the 3rd quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 3,396,292 shares of the company’s stock worth $195,389,000 after buying an additional 1,816,371 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Trading Up 14.7 %

EFV stock opened at $59.95 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $20.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.02 and a beta of 0.82. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF has a 12-month low of $51.05 and a 12-month high of $60.86. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $56.60 and its 200 day simple moving average is $55.53.

About iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF

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.