iShares Focused Value Factor ETF -- Insider Buying Index Registering 10.3%
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Sep 11 2024
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Source: NASDAQ.COM
Insider Buying Activity: The iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL) shows that 10.3% of its holdings have experienced insider buying in the past six months, with notable purchases from Synovus Financial Corp and Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Significant Holdings: Synovus Financial Corp constitutes 3.03% of FOVL's assets, while Cleveland-Cliffs Inc makes up about 1.37%, reflecting recent insider transactions by their directors and officers.
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Analyst Views on CLF
Wall Street analysts forecast CLF stock price to rise
9 Analyst Rating
2 Buy
5 Hold
2 Sell
Hold
Current: 12.280
Low
5.75
Averages
12.78
High
17.00
Current: 12.280
Low
5.75
Averages
12.78
High
17.00
About CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is a steel producer with a focus on value-added sheet products, particularly for the automotive industry in North America. The Company is vertically integrated from the mining of iron ore, production of pellets and direct reduced iron, and processing of ferrous scrap through primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling, and tubing. Its offering includes advanced high-strength steel, hot-dipped galvanized, aluminized, galvalume, electrogalvanized, galvanneal, hot-rolled coil (HRC), cold-rolled coil, plate, grain oriented electrical steel (GOES), non-oriented electrical steel (NOES), stainless steels, tool and die, stamped components, and slabs. Its Other Businesses primarily include the Tubular and Tooling and Stamping segments that provide customer solutions with carbon and stainless-steel tubing products, advanced-engineered solutions, tool design and build, hot- and cold-stamped steel components and complex assemblies.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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