SOL Capital Management CO Purchases 26,615 Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

SOL Capital Management CO lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 54.2% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 75,732 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 26,615 shares during the period. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF makes up about 6.2% of SOL Capital Management CO’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. SOL Capital Management CO’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $14,526,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Down 0.2%

BATS:QUAL opened at $218.43 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $63.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $213.05 and its 200 day simple moving average is $204.74. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a twelve month low of $181.55 and a twelve month high of $220.24.

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.