iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL Shares Acquired by Kathmere Capital Management LLC

Kathmere Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 2.6% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 236,306 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 6,073 shares during the period. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF comprises 2.8% of Kathmere Capital Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 4th largest position. Kathmere Capital Management LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $45,326,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of QUAL. Two Sigma Investments LP lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 99.7% in the third quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 1,931,800 shares of the company’s stock valued at $375,735,000 after buying an additional 964,500 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in shares of 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 worth $220,005,000 after acquiring an additional 887,478 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its position 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 worth $350,450,000 after acquiring an additional 778,465 shares in the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 132.4% in 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 during the last quarter. Finally, Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $81,990,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BATS QUAL opened at $218.43 on Monday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a fifty-two week low of $181.55 and a fifty-two week high of $220.24. The stock has a market cap of $63.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $213.27 and its 200 day simple moving average is $204.88.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Company 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.