3,440 iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL Shares Acquired by Moneywise Inc.

Moneywise Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 358.3% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,400 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,440 shares during the period. Moneywise Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $978,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in QUAL. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 36.9% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,741,641 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,676,734,000 after buying an additional 2,357,971 shares in the last quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 11.3% during the 2nd quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. now owns 3,300,180 shares of the company’s stock valued at $724,159,000 after buying an additional 334,234 shares in the last quarter. Unison Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 61.6% during the 1st quarter. Unison Advisors LLC now owns 603,217 shares of the company’s stock valued at $115,703,000 after buying an additional 229,969 shares in the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp grew its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 669.4% during the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 138,005 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,471,000 after buying an additional 120,069 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. purchased a new position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $18,583,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Price Performance

BATS:QUAL opened at $221.91 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 1 year low of $185.88 and a 1 year high of $228.13. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $223.20 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $212.74. The company has a market cap of $64.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF’s stock is going to split before the market opens on Thursday, November 5th. The 4-1 split was recently announced. The newly minted shares will be issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, November 4th.

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.