Uptick Partners LLC Raises Stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Uptick Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 32.5% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 10,331 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,533 shares during the period. Uptick Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $1,982,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Two Sigma Investments LP boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 99.7% during the third quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 1,931,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $375,735,000 after buying an additional 964,500 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its position 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 acquiring an additional 887,478 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management boosted its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 79.0% during the fourth quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 1,764,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $350,450,000 after purchasing an additional 778,465 shares in the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 132.4% during the third 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 stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $81,990,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Performance

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF stock opened at $219.69 on Monday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a fifty-two week low of $181.55 and a fifty-two week high of $220.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $63.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $214.46 and its two-hundred day moving average is $205.58.

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