iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL Shares Acquired by Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 79.0% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,764,425 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 778,465 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF makes up 6.2% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management owned approximately 0.61% of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF worth $350,450,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of QUAL. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 39.6% during the 2nd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 3,755,880 shares of the company’s stock worth $686,910,000 after acquiring an additional 1,065,946 shares during the period. MML Investors Services LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.3% during the 2nd quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 3,454,291 shares of the company’s stock valued at $631,514,000 after acquiring an additional 44,285 shares in the last quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,050,553 shares of the company’s stock valued at $605,901,000 after acquiring an additional 44,952 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. increased its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 2.9% in the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,737,919 shares of the company’s stock valued at $532,525,000 after acquiring an additional 76,969 shares during the period. Finally, Facet Wealth Inc. raised its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 5.0% in the third quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. now owns 2,628,686 shares of the company’s stock worth $511,279,000 after purchasing an additional 125,483 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Up 0.5%

Shares of QUAL opened at $192.77 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $199.82 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $197.94. The stock has a market cap of $55.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12 month low of $148.34 and a 12 month high of $205.65.

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.