Verus Capital Partners LLC Lowers Holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Verus Capital Partners LLC trimmed its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 13.0% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 31,339 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,676 shares during the quarter. Verus Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $6,225,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Two Sigma Investments LP boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 99.7% during the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 1,931,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $375,735,000 after purchasing an additional 964,500 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 403.0% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,107,669 shares of the company’s stock worth $220,005,000 after purchasing an additional 887,478 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 79.0% during the 4th quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 1,764,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $350,450,000 after purchasing an additional 778,465 shares during the period. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 132.4% during the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,044,546 shares of the company’s stock worth $203,164,000 after purchasing an additional 595,017 shares during the period. Finally, Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $81,990,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Performance

BATS:QUAL opened at $215.63 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $62.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $205.27 and a 200 day moving average price of $201.89. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a fifty-two week low of $175.20 and a fifty-two week high of $216.44.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF 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.