iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL Shares Sold by Apella Capital LLC

Apella Capital LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 7.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 79,802 shares of the company’s stock after selling 6,817 shares during the period. Apella Capital LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $15,850,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of QUAL. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 25.3% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 10,028 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,786,000 after purchasing an additional 2,023 shares during the period. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the fourth quarter worth $81,990,000. Bison Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 21.6% during the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 19,062 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,395,000 after purchasing an additional 3,383 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 45.5% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 19,681 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,363,000 after purchasing an additional 6,152 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 88.9% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 132,198 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,591,000 after purchasing an additional 62,219 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Up 0.5%

QUAL stock opened at $194.03 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a fifty-two week low of $148.34 and a fifty-two week high of $205.65. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $199.25 and its 200 day simple moving average is $198.03. The stock has a market cap of $56.26 billion, a PE 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.