iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF $EFV Stock Holdings Lowered by Principal Financial Group Inc.

Principal Financial Group Inc. cut its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV) by 57.9% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 44,846 shares of the company’s stock after selling 61,583 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF were worth $3,334,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFV. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $281,000. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 41.3% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 38,725 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,032,000 after acquiring an additional 11,327 shares during the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 20.4% during the 2nd quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 19,814 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,258,000 after acquiring an additional 3,354 shares in the last quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 32.5% during the 2nd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 8,959 shares of the company’s stock worth $569,000 after acquiring an additional 2,200 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 5,094,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $323,419,000 after acquiring an additional 31,570 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of BATS EFV opened at $79.38 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $77.93 and its 200 day simple moving average is $76.76. The stock has a market capitalization of $32.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.73. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF has a 52-week low of $62.89 and a 52-week high of $80.32.

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.