Moors & Cabot Inc. Buys 142 Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL)

Moors & Cabot Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 4.5% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,298 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 142 shares during the period. Moors & Cabot Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $587,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 5.0% during the 4th quarter. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton now owns 1,241 shares of the company’s stock valued at $221,000 after buying an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Bristlecone Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Bristlecone Advisors LLC now owns 17,214 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,065,000 after buying an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Sheridan Capital Management LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Sheridan Capital Management LLC now owns 11,532 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,054,000 after buying an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.2% during the 3rd quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 2,178 shares of the company’s stock valued at $390,000 after buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Finally, L & S Advisors Inc increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. L & S Advisors Inc now owns 5,911 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,060,000 after buying an additional 68 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Down 2.8 %

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF stock opened at $171.70 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $47.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.36 and a beta of 1.04. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $180.67 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $180.38. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12 month low of $154.17 and a 12 month high of $187.26.

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.