Investors Buy High Volume of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF Put Options (NYSEARCA:EEM)

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:EEM) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Tuesday. Stock traders acquired 321,294 put options on the stock. This represents an increase of approximately 63% compared to the average volume of 197,550 put options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of EEM. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 1,097.3% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 29,828,908 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,303,523,000 after purchasing an additional 32,819,730 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 1,724.2% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 7,426,742 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $310,586,000 after purchasing an additional 7,883,989 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 4,632.1% in the fourth quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 3,272,659 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $136,863,000 after purchasing an additional 3,203,501 shares during the period. Lazard Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 233.0% in the fourth quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 2,738,713 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $114,532,000 after purchasing an additional 1,916,377 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $67,244,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 81.39% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF Stock Down 1.3%

EEM opened at $46.61 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $17.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.99 and a beta of 0.62. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF has a fifty-two week low of $38.19 and a fifty-two week high of $47.97. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $44.94 and its 200 day moving average price is $43.75.

About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (the Fund), seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities in global emerging markets, as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (the Index).