iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF (NYSEARCA:IQLT) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF (NYSEARCA:IQLT) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 809,115 shares, a drop of 73.1% from the June 15th total of 3,013,117 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,602,401 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF Price Performance

IQLT traded up $0.38 on Tuesday, hitting $49.48. 1,002,975 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,993,331. iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF has a 12 month low of $41.20 and a 12 month high of $50.08. The business has a 50-day moving average of $49.20 and a two-hundred day moving average of $48.06. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.86 and a beta of 0.83.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in IQLT. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its position in iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 55,312,118 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,513,936,000 after purchasing an additional 2,269,023 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 6.6% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 26,613,791 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,176,063,000 after purchasing an additional 1,638,924 shares in the last quarter. Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 21.0% in the 4th quarter. Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC now owns 12,750,445 shares of the company’s stock valued at $579,508,000 after purchasing an additional 2,216,790 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 13.5% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 9,301,323 shares of the company’s stock valued at $402,190,000 after purchasing an additional 1,107,638 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 6.1% during the 1st quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 6,839,909 shares of the company’s stock worth $316,209,000 after buying an additional 395,337 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF (IQLT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the World ex USA Sector Neutral Quality index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap stocks in developed countries, outside of the US. The index is selected and weighted for exposure to fundamental quality metrics. IQLT was launched on Jan 13, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.