Capital Analysts LLC Has $7.15 Million Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Capital Analysts LLC lessened its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 48.3% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 36,002 shares of the company’s stock after selling 33,582 shares during the quarter. Capital Analysts LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $7,151,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in QUAL. Two Sigma Investments LP grew its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 964,500 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 403.0% during the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,107,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $220,005,000 after purchasing an additional 887,478 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 79.0% during the fourth 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 purchasing an additional 778,465 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 132.4% during the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,044,546 shares of the company’s stock valued at $203,164,000 after purchasing an additional 595,017 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $81,990,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of QUAL stock opened at $214.12 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12 month low of $175.20 and a 12 month high of $217.65. The business’s 50 day moving average is $207.14 and its two-hundred day moving average is $202.51. The company has a market cap of $62.08 billion, a PE 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.