Geneos Wealth Management Inc. Buys 73 Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL)

Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 0.5% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 14,312 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 73 shares during the quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $2,352,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Baystate Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Baystate Wealth Management LLC now owns 169,324 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,914,000 after purchasing an additional 1,997 shares in the last quarter. Millington Financial Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Millington Financial Advisors LLC now owns 19,461 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,863,000 after buying an additional 296 shares in the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 111.8% in the 4th quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 4,959 shares of the company’s stock worth $730,000 after buying an additional 2,618 shares during the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 4.7% during the 4th quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 93,564 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,110,000 after buying an additional 4,236 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MA Private Wealth lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 50.6% in the 4th quarter. MA Private Wealth now owns 272,596 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,110,000 after acquiring an additional 91,571 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Down 0.9 %

QUAL traded down $1.60 on Thursday, hitting $173.06. The company had a trading volume of 861,372 shares. The company has a market cap of $45.67 billion, a PE ratio of 23.03 and a beta of 1.03. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $167.99 and its 200 day simple moving average is $160.47. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12-month low of $71.96 and a 12-month high of $88.63.

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.