iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL Shares Acquired by Houlihan Financial Resource Group Ltd.

Houlihan Financial Resource Group Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 170.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 14,597 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 9,209 shares during the period. Houlihan Financial Resource Group Ltd.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $2,921,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in QUAL. Two Sigma Investments LP increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 99.7% during the third quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 1,931,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $375,735,000 after purchasing an additional 964,500 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 79.0% during the fourth quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 1,764,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $350,450,000 after purchasing an additional 778,465 shares in the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 132.4% during the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,044,546 shares of the company’s stock worth $203,164,000 after purchasing an additional 595,017 shares in the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the fourth quarter worth $81,990,000. Finally, Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 298.3% during the second quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 542,767 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,229,000 after purchasing an additional 406,488 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of QUAL stock opened at $215.88 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $62.59 billion, a PE ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12-month low of $175.20 and a 12-month high of $216.32. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $203.49 and its 200-day simple moving average is $201.33.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Company 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.