Essex Financial Services Inc. Sells 815 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF (BATS:EFAV)

Essex Financial Services Inc. cut its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF (BATS:EFAV) by 9.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,511 shares of the company’s stock after selling 815 shares during the quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF were worth $531,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF by 100.9% during the third quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 867,994 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,575,000 after purchasing an additional 436,013 shares during the period. Burt Wealth Advisors lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Burt Wealth Advisors now owns 286,825 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,999,000 after acquiring an additional 1,682 shares during the period. Armbruster Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Armbruster Capital Management Inc. now owns 197,520 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,967,000 after acquiring an additional 3,509 shares during the period. MML Investors Services LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF by 12.7% in the third quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 166,033 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,735,000 after acquiring an additional 18,661 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ledyard National Bank raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF by 6.2% during the fourth quarter. Ledyard National Bank now owns 148,633 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,510,000 after purchasing an additional 8,703 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF Price Performance

BATS EFAV opened at $74.00 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $71.86 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $73.66. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.09 billion, a PE ratio of 16.91 and a beta of 0.53. iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF has a fifty-two week low of $64.68 and a fifty-two week high of $76.51.

iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF (EFAV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility (USD) index. The fund tracks an index of developed-market equities, ex-US and Canada, selected and weighted to create a low volatility portfolio subject to constraints including sector exposure.