Vontobel Holding Ltd. Raises Holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL)

Vontobel Holding Ltd. boosted its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 3.9% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 11,875 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 450 shares during the quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $1,749,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in QUAL. Pasadena Private Wealth LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Pasadena Private Wealth LLC now owns 4,443 shares of the company’s stock worth $654,000 after purchasing an additional 77 shares in the last quarter. Annandale Capital LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 0.3% during the third quarter. Annandale Capital LLC now owns 26,866 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,541,000 after buying an additional 78 shares during the period. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 0.5% during the third quarter. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC now owns 15,240 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,009,000 after buying an additional 81 shares during the period. Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.4% in the second quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 6,737 shares of the company’s stock worth $909,000 after acquiring an additional 91 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Keystone Wealth Services LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Keystone Wealth Services LLC now owns 28,894 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,251,000 after acquiring an additional 92 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Down 1.5 %

BATS:QUAL opened at $154.58 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $160.91 and its 200 day simple moving average is $148.82. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a twelve month low of $71.96 and a twelve month high of $88.63. The firm has a market capitalization of $40.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.32 and a beta of 1.04.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Company 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.