iShares MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility is an open-end management investment company. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of international equity securities that in aggregate have lower volatility. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. As of Jul 31 2015, the Fund's total assets were $3,035,854,077 and the Fund's investment portfolio was valued at $3,018,010,857. We show 408 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our EFAV shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute EFAV market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing EFAV market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing EFAV's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of EFAV versus a peer is one thing; comparing
EFAV market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like EFAV can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching EFAV by allowing them to research the EFAV market cap history. |
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