Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. Sells 21,908 Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. decreased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 12.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 149,224 shares of the company’s stock after selling 21,908 shares during the quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $29,639,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 13,080.9% during the 2nd quarter. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC now owns 2,481,960 shares of the company’s stock valued at $453,752,000 after purchasing an additional 2,463,130 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 39.6% in the 2nd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 3,755,880 shares of the company’s stock worth $686,910,000 after buying an additional 1,065,946 shares during the last quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 99.7% in the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 1,931,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $375,735,000 after buying an additional 964,500 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its stake in shares of 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 buying an additional 778,465 shares during the period. Finally, Coldstream Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of 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 buying an additional 595,017 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF stock opened at $193.16 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $199.44 and a 200 day moving average of $197.92. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 52 week low of $148.34 and a 52 week high of $205.65. The company has a market cap of $56.01 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.