TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. Grows Stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 63.3% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 14,921 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,784 shares during the period. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $3,274,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Empire Life Investments Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Empire Life Investments Inc. now owns 6,150 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,222,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 3,641 shares of the company’s stock valued at $723,000 after purchasing an additional 52 shares during the last quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 16.5% in the fourth quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. now owns 374 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Northwest Financial Advisors lifted its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.8% during the first quarter. Northwest Financial Advisors now owns 1,457 shares of the company’s stock worth $279,000 after buying an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sherman Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 0.3% during the second quarter. Sherman Wealth Management LLC now owns 20,726 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,548,000 after buying an additional 53 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Performance

BATS QUAL opened at $222.58 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $221.23 and its two-hundred day moving average is $211.27. The firm has a market capitalization of $64.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a fifty-two week low of $185.88 and a fifty-two week high of $227.32.

About iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

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.