Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Increases Stake in Dimensional International Value ETF (NYSEARCA:DFIV)

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its stake in Dimensional International Value ETF (NYSEARCA:DFIV) by 4.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,839,267 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 79,768 shares during the period. Dimensional International Value ETF comprises approximately 1.8% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest holding. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in Dimensional International Value ETF were worth $65,257,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in DFIV. Fund Evaluation Group LLC boosted its holdings in Dimensional International Value ETF by 1.7% during the second quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC now owns 74,666 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,683,000 after buying an additional 1,221 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Dimensional International Value ETF by 40.7% in the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 52,254 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,878,000 after acquiring an additional 15,121 shares during the period. Kathmere Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Dimensional International Value ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $424,000. MidWestOne Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Dimensional International Value ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $330,000. Finally, Creative Planning increased its stake in shares of Dimensional International Value ETF by 39.3% in the 2nd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 3,616,919 shares of the company’s stock valued at $129,992,000 after purchasing an additional 1,019,861 shares in the last quarter.

Dimensional International Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of DFIV stock opened at $37.13 on Monday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $36.11 and a 200-day simple moving average of $36.74. Dimensional International Value ETF has a 1-year low of $33.22 and a 1-year high of $38.51. The company has a market cap of $7.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.47 and a beta of 0.74.

About Dimensional International Value ETF

The Dimensional International Value ETF (DFIV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI World ex USA (net div.) index. The fund is an actively managed fund that provides exposure to large value stocks from developed markets while minimizing federal taxes on performance returns. DFIV was launched on Apr 16, 1999 and is managed by Dimensional.