Private Advisor Group LLC Acquires 4,412 Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Private Advisor Group LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 1.1% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 404,816 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,412 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $77,648,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Two Sigma Investments LP lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 99.7% in the third quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 1,931,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $375,735,000 after acquiring an additional 964,500 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 403.0% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,107,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $220,005,000 after purchasing an additional 887,478 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 79.0% during the 4th quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 1,764,425 shares of the company’s stock valued at $350,450,000 after purchasing an additional 778,465 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 132.4% during the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,044,546 shares of the company’s stock worth $203,164,000 after purchasing an additional 595,017 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $81,990,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS:QUAL opened at $218.43 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $63.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $213.05 and a 200 day simple moving average of $204.74. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a one year low of $181.55 and a one year high of $220.24.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Profile

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. QUAL was launched on Jul 18, 2013 and is managed by BlackRock.