iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL Shares Sold by PAX Financial Group LLC

PAX Financial Group LLC decreased its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 45.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 59,865 shares of the company’s stock after selling 48,932 shares during the period. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF comprises 2.1% of PAX Financial Group LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 11th biggest position. PAX Financial Group LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $11,890,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of QUAL. Two Sigma Investments LP lifted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 99.7% during the 3rd 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 in 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 worth $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 worth $203,164,000 after acquiring an additional 595,017 shares in the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $81,990,000. Finally, Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC lifted its stake 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 in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Up 0.7%

QUAL opened at $212.37 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $200.65 and its 200 day moving average price is $200.14. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12-month low of $173.00 and a 12-month high of $212.78. The firm has a market cap of $61.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05.

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.