Verus Capital Partners LLC Purchases 11,920 Shares of iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF $IQLT

Verus Capital Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF (NYSEARCA:IQLT) by 4.5% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 276,130 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,920 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF comprises 0.8% of Verus Capital Partners LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 22nd largest position. Verus Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF were worth $12,550,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 4.3% during the 4th 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 position in shares of iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF by 6.6% during 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 boosted its position in shares of 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 in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its position in shares of 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management boosted its position in shares of 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 in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF Stock Down 0.9%

NYSEARCA:IQLT opened at $48.88 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $48.36 and a 200-day moving average of $47.19. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.86 and a beta of 0.84. iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF has a twelve month low of $41.20 and a twelve month high of $50.00.

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF 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.