iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL Stock Position Lowered by J.W. Cole Advisors Inc.

J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. lessened its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 6.5% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 45,412 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,161 shares during the period. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $8,251,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of QUAL. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 25.3% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 10,028 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,786,000 after buying an additional 2,023 shares in the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF in the 4th quarter worth $81,990,000. Bison Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 21.6% in the 4th quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 19,062 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,395,000 after buying an additional 3,383 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 45.5% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 19,681 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,363,000 after buying an additional 6,152 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 88.9% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 132,198 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,591,000 after buying an additional 62,219 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Performance

QUAL opened at $213.14 on Friday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a one year low of $175.20 and a one year high of $217.65. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $206.13 and its 200-day moving average is $202.13. The company has a market capitalization of $61.80 billion, a PE 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.