iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL Shares Sold by Simon Quick Advisors LLC

Simon Quick Advisors LLC reduced its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 19.2% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 18,968 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,515 shares during the period. Simon Quick Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $3,638,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in QUAL. Two Sigma Investments LP boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 99.7% in the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 1,931,800 shares of the company’s stock valued at $375,735,000 after buying an additional 964,500 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 403.0% in the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,107,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $220,005,000 after buying an additional 887,478 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 778,465 shares in the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 4th quarter worth $81,990,000. Finally, Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 298.3% during the 2nd quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 542,767 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,229,000 after acquiring an additional 406,488 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Price Performance

Shares of QUAL opened at $217.87 on Friday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 1-year low of $181.65 and a 1-year high of $221.16. The stock has a market cap of $63.17 billion, a PE ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $215.49 and a 200 day moving average price of $206.19.

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.