iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV) Shares Purchased by Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV) by 7.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,475,664 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 103,494 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF accounts for 2.6% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF were worth $76,882,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Signaturefd LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 172.8% during the 3rd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 502 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 318 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Tompkins Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 59.8% during the 4th quarter. Tompkins Financial Corp now owns 524 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 196 shares in the last quarter. Phillips Financial Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Macroview Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $39,000.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Price Performance

EFV traded up $0.41 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $54.98. 978,842 shares of the company’s stock traded hands. The company has a market cap of $17.11 billion, a PE ratio of 10.89 and a beta of 0.70. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF has a one year low of $49.15 and a one year high of $59.57. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $53.57 and its 200-day simple moving average is $51.65.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 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.