Principal Financial Group Inc. Has $3.33 Million Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF $EFV

Principal Financial Group Inc. lessened its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV) by 57.9% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. 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.

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

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of EFV stock opened at $79.38 on Thursday. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF has a 1-year low of $62.89 and a 1-year high of $80.32. The company has a market capitalization of $32.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.73. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $77.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $76.76.

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. The Fund invests in sectors, such as financials, energy, healthcare, telecommunication services, industrials, utilities, consumer discretionary, materials, information technology and consumer staples.