iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF $IQLT Stock Position Increased by MFA Wealth Services

MFA Wealth Services lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF (NYSEARCA:IQLT) by 12.4% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 145,966 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 16,068 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF comprises about 4.5% of MFA Wealth Services’ holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. MFA Wealth Services’ holdings in iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF were worth $6,748,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 56.7% in the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 53,043,095 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,343,974,000 after purchasing an additional 19,184,191 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 19.6% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 24,974,867 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,079,414,000 after buying an additional 4,094,153 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 84.8% during the 4th quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 6,444,572 shares of the company’s stock worth $292,906,000 after buying an additional 2,956,717 shares in the last quarter. Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 21.0% during the 4th quarter. Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC now owns 12,750,445 shares of the company’s stock worth $579,508,000 after buying an additional 2,216,790 shares in the last quarter. Finally, OpenArc Corporate Advisory LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $90,603,000.

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF Stock Down 0.5%

NYSEARCA:IQLT opened at $48.71 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $49.07 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $47.72. The company has a market cap of $12.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.86 and a beta of 0.83. iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF has a 52 week low of $41.20 and a 52 week high of $50.08.

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF (IQLT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the World ex USA Sector Neutral Quality index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap stocks in developed countries, outside of the US. The index is selected and weighted for exposure to fundamental quality metrics. IQLT was launched on Jan 13, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.