iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) is Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC’s 8th Largest Position

Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 9.3% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 131,851 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,213 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF accounts for 2.7% of Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 8th largest position. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $19,401,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. FMR LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 6.7% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 14,616,008 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,926,244,000 after buying an additional 923,875 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.6% during the third quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 3,606,215 shares of the company’s stock valued at $475,285,000 after purchasing an additional 124,951 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 12.1% during the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 3,226,172 shares of the company’s stock valued at $425,287,000 after purchasing an additional 349,044 shares during the period. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the third quarter valued at $337,131,000. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 2,380,111 shares of the company’s stock valued at $350,308,000 after purchasing an additional 49,521 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of QUAL traded down $0.13 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $157.54. 1,211,979 shares of the company traded hands. The firm has a market cap of $41.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.32 and a beta of 1.04. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12-month low of $71.96 and a 12-month high of $88.63. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $160.92 and its 200 day moving average price is $149.41.

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.