Advocacy Wealth Management LLC Sells 172,135 Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Advocacy Wealth Management LLC lessened its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 27.6% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 452,605 shares of the company’s stock after selling 172,135 shares during the period. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF comprises 3.8% of Advocacy Wealth Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 8th largest holding. Advocacy Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $89,896,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in QUAL. Two Sigma Investments LP grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 99.7% during the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 1,931,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $375,735,000 after purchasing an additional 964,500 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 403.0% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,107,669 shares of the company’s stock worth $220,005,000 after acquiring an additional 887,478 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 79.0% during the 4th quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 1,764,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $350,450,000 after acquiring an additional 778,465 shares in the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 132.4% during the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,044,546 shares of the company’s stock worth $203,164,000 after acquiring an additional 595,017 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $81,990,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Up 0.3%

BATS QUAL opened at $213.83 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $62.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $206.60 and its 200 day simple moving average is $202.36. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 1 year low of $175.20 and a 1 year high of $217.65.

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.