Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. Lowers Stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. reduced its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 30.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 21,044 shares of the company’s stock after selling 9,222 shares during the period. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF makes up 1.0% of Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 17th biggest position. Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $4,256,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Two Sigma Investments LP increased its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 99.7% in the third quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 1,931,800 shares of the company’s stock valued at $375,735,000 after acquiring an additional 964,500 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 403.0% during the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,107,669 shares of the company’s stock worth $220,005,000 after purchasing an additional 887,478 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 79.0% during the fourth 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 purchasing an additional 778,465 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 132.4% during the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,044,546 shares of the company’s stock worth $203,164,000 after purchasing an additional 595,017 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $81,990,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS QUAL opened at $215.89 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $62.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a one year low of $175.20 and a one year high of $219.82. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $210.49 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $203.56.

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.