Swmg LLC Has $8.75 Million Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Swmg LLC cut its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 47.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 42,980 shares of the company’s stock after selling 38,878 shares during the period. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF comprises about 2.4% of Swmg LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest position. Swmg LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $8,752,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of QUAL. Two Sigma Investments LP raised its holdings in 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 during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised 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 purchasing an additional 778,465 shares during the period. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. raised 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 purchasing an additional 595,017 shares during the period. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF in the fourth quarter worth $81,990,000. Finally, Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 298.3% in the second quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 542,767 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,229,000 after purchasing an additional 406,488 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Performance

QUAL opened at $215.24 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $203.11 and its two-hundred day moving average is $201.17. The firm has a market cap of $62.41 billion, a PE ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a twelve month low of $175.20 and a twelve month high of $216.22.

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.