Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Has $191.77 Million Position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 985,960 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 35,778 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF comprises approximately 3.8% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management owned 0.34% of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF worth $191,769,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. Schrum Private Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.6% in the third quarter. Schrum Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,589,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares during the period. Frisch Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $2,425,000. Clear Creek Financial Management LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 6.5% in the 3rd quarter. Clear Creek Financial Management LLC now owns 19,424 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,778,000 after purchasing an additional 1,178 shares in the last quarter. CFO4Life Group LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. CFO4Life Group LLC now owns 178,347 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,688,000 after buying an additional 1,593 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Collaborative Wealth Managment Inc. bought a new position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $205,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of BATS:QUAL opened at $204.39 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $201.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $196.07. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12-month low of $148.34 and a 12-month high of $205.48. The stock has a market capitalization of $59.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05.

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. QUAL was launched on Jul 18, 2013 and is managed by BlackRock.