Maryland State Retirement & Pension System Has $2.48 Million Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF $EFV

Maryland State Retirement & Pension System lessened its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV) by 40.8% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 33,425 shares of the company’s stock after selling 23,031 shares during the period. Maryland State Retirement & Pension System’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF were worth $2,485,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFV. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 13.0% in the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 583,340 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,568,000 after acquiring an additional 67,197 shares in the last quarter. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division purchased a new position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $939,000. Affinity Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. Affinity Capital Advisors LLC now owns 415,147 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,646,000 after acquiring an additional 21,528 shares in the last quarter. Asempa Wealth Advisors acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $2,363,000. Finally, Comerica Bank increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 3.0% in the 4th quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 223,545 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,963,000 after purchasing an additional 6,580 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Price Performance

BATS EFV opened at $79.03 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $32.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $77.75 and a 200-day simple moving average of $76.27. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF has a 52-week low of $62.69 and a 52-week high of $80.14.

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