iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NASDAQ:EUFN)

iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF (NASDAQ:EUFN) was the recipient of unusually large options trading on Thursday. Stock investors acquired 20,223 put options on the stock. This is an increase of 5,046% compared to the average volume of 393 put options.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF by 3.0% during the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 37,017,326 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,372,973,000 after buying an additional 1,084,716 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF by 7.3% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 7,269,370 shares of the company’s stock valued at $269,621,000 after acquiring an additional 492,826 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its position in iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 5,452,627 shares of the company’s stock valued at $202,238,000 after acquiring an additional 46,774 shares during the period. 1607 Capital Partners LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF by 32.0% during the 4th quarter. 1607 Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,805,027 shares of the company’s stock worth $141,128,000 after acquiring an additional 921,396 shares during the period. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF by 67,377.3% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 3,040,525 shares of the company’s stock worth $112,773,000 after acquiring an additional 3,036,019 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EUFN opened at $38.28 on Friday. iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF has a 1 year low of $24.45 and a 1 year high of $38.99. The company has a market cap of $4.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.10 and a beta of 0.94. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $37.57 and a 200-day moving average of $35.38.

iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were paid a dividend of $0.5156 per share. This represents a yield of 286.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 16th.

iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Europe Financials Sector Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the MSCI Europe Financials Index (the Index). The Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index designed to measure the combined equity market performance of the financials sector of developed market countries in Europe. Component securities include those of banks, diversified financial companies, insurance companies and real estate companies.