M Holdings Securities Inc. Acquires New Holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

M Holdings Securities Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 13,488 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,679,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. MML Investors Services LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.3% during the second quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 3,454,291 shares of the company’s stock valued at $631,514,000 after purchasing an additional 44,285 shares in the last quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,050,553 shares of the company’s stock valued at $605,901,000 after purchasing an additional 44,952 shares in the last quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 9.9% during the fourth quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. now owns 2,888,100 shares of the company’s stock valued at $589,952,000 after purchasing an additional 259,414 shares in the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 2.1% during the third quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 2,146,075 shares of the company’s stock valued at $417,413,000 after purchasing an additional 43,309 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.1% during the third quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 2,040,575 shares of the company’s stock valued at $396,892,000 after purchasing an additional 62,154 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of BATS QUAL opened at $212.33 on Thursday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a fifty-two week low of $175.20 and a fifty-two week high of $217.65. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $207.65 and its 200 day simple moving average is $202.67. The stock has a market cap of $61.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05.

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.