Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC Acquires 25,746 Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 58.4% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 69,858 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 25,746 shares during the period. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $13,875,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in QUAL. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 25.3% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 10,028 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,786,000 after buying an additional 2,023 shares during the period. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $81,990,000. Bison Wealth LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 21.6% in the 4th quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 19,062 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,395,000 after buying an additional 3,383 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 45.5% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 19,681 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,363,000 after buying an additional 6,152 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 88.9% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 132,198 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,591,000 after buying an additional 62,219 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of BATS QUAL opened at $213.83 on Tuesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $206.60 and its two-hundred day moving average is $202.36. The company has a market cap of $62.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12 month low of $175.20 and a 12 month high of $217.65.

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.