Cozad Asset Management Inc. Has $4.04 Million Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF (BATS:USMV)

Cozad Asset Management Inc. cut its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF (BATS:USMV) by 7.9% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 51,715 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,434 shares during the quarter. Cozad Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF were worth $4,035,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of USMV. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF by 51.5% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 26,644,002 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,928,493,000 after acquiring an additional 9,059,409 shares during the period. Raymond James & Associates grew its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 16,080,799 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,254,785,000 after purchasing an additional 122,005 shares during the period. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV grew its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF by 16.2% in the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 7,172,429 shares of the company’s stock worth $519,140,000 after purchasing an additional 1,000,764 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF by 54.4% in the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 5,301,031 shares of the company’s stock worth $383,689,000 after purchasing an additional 1,867,739 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF by 2.7% in the third quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 4,802,286 shares of the company’s stock valued at $347,589,000 after buying an additional 126,963 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF stock traded up $0.35 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $81.28. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,422,782 shares. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $81.82 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $78.54. iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF has a one year low of $47.44 and a one year high of $55.45. The company has a market capitalization of $23.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.31 and a beta of 0.59.

iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF Profile

The iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF (USMV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI USA Minimum Volatility (USD) index. The fund tracks an index of US-listed firms selected and weighted to create a low-volatility portfolio subject to various constraints. USMV was launched on Oct 18, 2011 and is managed by BlackRock.