Houlihan Financial Resource Group Ltd. Increases Position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Houlihan Financial Resource Group Ltd. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 170.9% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 14,597 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 9,209 shares during the quarter. Houlihan Financial Resource Group Ltd.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $2,921,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. WealthBridge Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.7% during the fourth quarter. WealthBridge Capital Management LLC now owns 1,395 shares of the company’s stock valued at $277,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Empire Life Investments Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Empire Life Investments Inc. now owns 6,150 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,222,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Tompkins Financial Corp grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 17.8% during the fourth quarter. Tompkins Financial Corp now owns 344 shares of the company’s stock valued at $68,000 after buying an additional 52 shares during the last quarter. Members Trust Co grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 4.3% during the third quarter. Members Trust Co now owns 1,384 shares of the company’s stock valued at $269,000 after buying an additional 57 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,716 shares of the company’s stock valued at $341,000 after buying an additional 58 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Price Performance

BATS QUAL opened at $215.88 on Friday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 1 year low of $175.20 and a 1 year high of $216.32. The company has a market capitalization of $62.59 billion, a PE ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a fifty day moving average of $203.49 and a 200 day moving average of $201.33.

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.