iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL Shares Purchased by Capital Investment Advisors LLC

Capital Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 12.4% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 33,924 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,730 shares during the period. Capital Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $6,598,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 2.0% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 32,478,050 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,937,618,000 after purchasing an additional 624,581 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 0.7% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 7,012,339 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,281,996,000 after buying an additional 50,889 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 39.6% in the second quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 3,755,880 shares of the company’s stock valued at $686,910,000 after buying an additional 1,065,946 shares during the last quarter. MML Investors Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.3% during the second 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 during the period. Finally, CWM LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.9% during the second quarter. CWM LLC now owns 3,387,135 shares of the company’s stock worth $619,236,000 after acquiring an additional 64,226 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Up 14.6%

QUAL stock opened at $202.46 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $58.70 billion, a PE ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $197.52 and its 200 day simple moving average is $191.96. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a fifty-two week low of $148.34 and a fifty-two week high of $187.26.

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.