iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL Shares Acquired by Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC

Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 100.6% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 54,982 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 27,578 shares during the quarter. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $10,546,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Two Sigma Investments LP raised its stake 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 worth $375,735,000 after purchasing an additional 964,500 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 403.0% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,107,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $220,005,000 after buying an additional 887,478 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 79.0% during the 4th 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. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 132.4% during the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,044,546 shares of the company’s stock worth $203,164,000 after buying 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 during the 4th quarter worth $81,990,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of QUAL opened at $213.66 on Friday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a twelve month low of $180.66 and a twelve month high of $219.82. The firm has a market capitalization of $61.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $212.03 and its 200 day simple moving average is $204.17.

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.