Security Financial Services INC. Decreases Holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Security Financial Services INC. reduced its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 13.1% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 34,945 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,266 shares during the quarter. Security Financial Services INC.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $6,703,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 36.9% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,741,641 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,676,734,000 after acquiring an additional 2,357,971 shares in the last quarter. MML Investors Services LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.3% in the second quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 3,454,291 shares of the company’s stock valued at $631,514,000 after purchasing an additional 44,285 shares in the last quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 9.9% in the fourth quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. now owns 2,888,100 shares of the company’s stock valued at $589,952,000 after purchasing an additional 259,414 shares in the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth increased its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 11.2% in the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 2,386,956 shares of the company’s stock valued at $474,097,000 after purchasing an additional 240,881 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.1% in the third quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 2,040,575 shares of the company’s stock valued at $396,892,000 after purchasing an additional 62,154 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Up 0.2%

QUAL stock opened at $219.32 on Friday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a twelve month low of $181.65 and a twelve month high of $221.16. The company’s 50 day moving average is $216.70 and its two-hundred day moving average is $207.35. The stock has a market cap of $63.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05.

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.