Ascent Group LLC Purchases 495,924 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF $EFV

Ascent Group LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF (BATS:EFV) by 615.5% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 576,494 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 495,924 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF comprises approximately 1.4% of Ascent Group LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest holding. Ascent Group LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF were worth $36,596,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 6.1% in the second quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 1,818,826 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,459,000 after purchasing an additional 104,864 shares in the last quarter. Yeomans Consulting Group Inc. bought a new stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $9,648,000. Warner Financial Inc. boosted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 12.0% during the 2nd quarter. Warner Financial Inc. now owns 44,010 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,794,000 after acquiring an additional 4,722 shares in the last quarter. Hilltop National Bank bought a new stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $371,000. Finally, Triad Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF by 69.1% during the 2nd quarter. Triad Wealth Partners LLC now owns 243,645 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,467,000 after acquiring an additional 99,588 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Trading Up 31.4%

Shares of BATS EFV opened at $68.68 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $28.16 billion, a PE ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.73. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $66.75 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $63.24. iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF has a 12-month low of $51.05 and a 12-month high of $66.83.

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF Company 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.