First Heartland Consultants Inc. Sells 3,078 Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

First Heartland Consultants Inc. cut its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 16.5% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 15,593 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,078 shares during the quarter. First Heartland Consultants Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $3,033,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in QUAL. Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 25.3% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 10,028 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,786,000 after purchasing an additional 2,023 shares during the period. Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $81,990,000. Bison Wealth LLC lifted 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 worth $3,395,000 after acquiring an additional 3,383 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 45.5% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 19,681 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,363,000 after purchasing 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 first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 132,198 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,591,000 after buying an additional 62,219 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of QUAL stock opened at $202.26 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $201.83 and a 200 day moving average of $196.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $58.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 52 week low of $148.34 and a 52 week high of $205.48.

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.