Capital Investment Advisors LLC Raises Stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL)

Capital Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 91.0% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 22,797 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 10,861 shares during the period. Capital Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $4,060,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in QUAL. Signaturefd LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 46.3% during the 3rd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 717 shares of the company’s stock valued at $129,000 after acquiring an additional 227 shares during the last quarter. Annandale Capital LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. Annandale Capital LLC now owns 26,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,525,000 after acquiring an additional 363 shares during the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 2,369,906 shares of the company’s stock valued at $404,685,000 after acquiring an additional 22,546 shares during the last quarter. AlTi Global Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.2% during the 2nd quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 30,297 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,174,000 after acquiring an additional 947 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CreativeOne Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 43.4% during the 3rd quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC now owns 252,618 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,294,000 after buying an additional 76,472 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of BATS QUAL opened at $176.65 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $46.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.03 and a beta of 1.03. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 1-year low of $71.96 and a 1-year high of $88.63. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $182.10 and its 200 day moving average is $177.62.

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.