Manning & Napier Advisors LLC Has $2 Million Holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Manning & Napier Advisors LLC increased its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 77.5% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 9,978 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,357 shares during the period. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $1,997,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of QUAL. Two Sigma Investments LP boosted its position in shares of 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 valued at $375,735,000 after buying an additional 964,500 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 778,465 shares in the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake 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 valued at $203,164,000 after acquiring an additional 595,017 shares in the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 4th quarter worth $81,990,000. Finally, Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 298.3% during the 2nd quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 542,767 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,229,000 after acquiring an additional 406,488 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Price Performance

BATS QUAL opened at $210.43 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $199.99 and a 200-day moving average price of $199.61. The firm has a market cap of $61.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 1 year low of $170.64 and a 1 year high of $211.02.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Company 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.