Financial Sense Advisors Inc. Has $665,000 Holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL)

Financial Sense Advisors Inc. decreased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 15.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,732 shares of the company’s stock after selling 699 shares during the quarter. Financial Sense Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $665,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. FMR LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 7.9% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,848,761 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,841,683,000 after purchasing an additional 1,160,410 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 6.9% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 14,725,824 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,640,340,000 after buying an additional 950,857 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 18,801.7% during the fourth quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 522,633 shares of the company’s stock worth $93,070,000 after buying an additional 519,868 shares in the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $81,990,000. Finally, Goldstein Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 11,176.9% during the 3rd quarter. Goldstein Advisors LLC now owns 282,036 shares of the company’s stock valued at $50,569,000 after acquiring an additional 279,535 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Up 5.4 %

Shares of QUAL opened at $186.15 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $49.12 billion, a PE ratio of 23.03 and a beta of 1.03. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12-month low of $71.96 and a 12-month high of $88.63. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $181.79 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $179.74.

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.