Harbour Investments Inc. Boosts Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF $IQLT

Harbour Investments Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF (NYSEARCA:IQLT) by 321.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 116,042 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 88,506 shares during the period. Harbour Investments Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF were worth $5,274,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in IQLT. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its position in iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 56.7% during the 3rd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 53,043,095 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,343,974,000 after purchasing an additional 19,184,191 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 19.6% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 24,974,867 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,079,414,000 after purchasing an additional 4,094,153 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its position in iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 84.8% during the 4th quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 6,444,572 shares of the company’s stock valued at $292,906,000 after purchasing an additional 2,956,717 shares during the period. Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 21.0% during 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 period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 13.5% during 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 period.

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA IQLT opened at $49.61 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $13.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.86 and a beta of 0.84. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $47.96 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $47.00. iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF has a one year low of $41.20 and a one year high of $50.00.

About iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF

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.