17,725 Shares in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) Bought by Hilltop Holdings Inc.

Hilltop Holdings Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 17,725 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,178,000.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Garden State Investment Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the third quarter valued at about $204,000. Ascent Group LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.3% in the third quarter. Ascent Group LLC now owns 87,520 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,692,000 after acquiring an additional 2,781 shares during the last quarter. Beck Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter. Beck Capital Management LLC now owns 4,779 shares of the company’s stock valued at $857,000 after acquiring an additional 81 shares during the period. Benjamin Edwards Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $2,666,000. Finally, Kestra Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 17.3% in the 3rd quarter. Kestra Investment Management LLC now owns 531,906 shares of the company’s stock worth $95,371,000 after purchasing an additional 78,268 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of BATS QUAL opened at $185.92 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $180.98 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $174.91. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 1-year low of $71.96 and a 1-year high of $88.63. The firm has a market cap of $49.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.03 and a beta of 1.03.

About iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

The iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality index. The fund tracks an index of US large- and mid-cap stocks, selected and weighted by high ROE, stable earnings growth and low debt\u002Fequity, relative to peers in each sector.