iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL Shares Sold by IFP Advisors Inc

IFP Advisors Inc lowered its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 16.4% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 86,337 shares of the company’s stock after selling 16,950 shares during the quarter. IFP Advisors Inc’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $17,148,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of QUAL. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in 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 valued at $1,786,000 after purchasing an additional 2,023 shares in the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $81,990,000. Bison Wealth LLC increased its holdings 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 valued at $3,395,000 after acquiring an additional 3,383 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings 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 valued at $3,363,000 after acquiring an additional 6,152 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings 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 valued at $22,591,000 after acquiring an additional 62,219 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Performance

QUAL opened at $209.55 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a one year low of $173.00 and a one year high of $212.78. The company has a market cap of $60.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $201.19 and its 200-day simple moving average is $200.38.

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.