Short Interest in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV) Decreases By 86.2%

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV) was the target of a large drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,485,937 shares, a drop of 86.2% from the July 30th total of 10,736,483 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,319,575 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s shares are short sold.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Trading Down 0.6%

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF stock opened at $81.77 on Friday. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF has a 12-month low of $66.00 and a 12-month high of $82.67. The stock has a market cap of $33.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $79.48 and a 200 day moving average price of $77.83.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 7.7% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,342,735 shares of the company’s stock valued at $768,982,000 after acquiring an additional 736,906 shares during the period. Comerica Bank increased its holdings in 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 last quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 352.5% in the first quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 60,013 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,462,000 after purchasing an additional 46,749 shares during the period. Principal Securities Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 24.1% during the fourth quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 147,933 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,564,000 after purchasing an additional 28,722 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Curtis Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF during the fourth quarter worth $5,917,000.

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.