iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL Stock Holdings Lessened by Capital Analysts LLC

Capital Analysts LLC trimmed its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 48.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 36,002 shares of the company’s stock after selling 33,582 shares during the quarter. Capital Analysts LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $7,151,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in QUAL. Two Sigma Investments LP lifted its position 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 worth $375,735,000 after purchasing an additional 964,500 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 403.0% in the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,107,669 shares of the company’s stock worth $220,005,000 after buying an additional 887,478 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 79.0% in 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 buying an additional 778,465 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 132.4% in the third 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 position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $81,990,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Performance

BATS:QUAL opened at $214.12 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $207.14 and its 200 day moving average price is $202.51. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 52 week low of $175.20 and a 52 week high of $217.65. The company has a market capitalization of $62.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05.

About iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

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.