Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC Has $19.26 Million Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 7.2% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 100,418 shares of the company’s stock after selling 7,746 shares during the quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $19,261,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Two Sigma Investments LP lifted its holdings in shares of 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% in the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,107,669 shares of the company’s stock worth $220,005,000 after purchasing 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 valued at $350,450,000 after purchasing an additional 778,465 shares during the period. 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 valued at $203,164,000 after purchasing an additional 595,017 shares during the period. Finally, Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 4th quarter worth $81,990,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of BATS:QUAL opened at $213.19 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $61.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12-month low of $179.01 and a 12-month high of $219.82. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $211.65 and a 200 day simple moving average of $204.01.

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.