Accredited Investors Inc. Boosts Holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Accredited Investors Inc. boosted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 541.3% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 6,657 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,619 shares during the quarter. Accredited Investors Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $1,277,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Two Sigma Investments LP lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 99.7% in the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 1,931,800 shares of the company’s stock valued at $375,735,000 after purchasing an additional 964,500 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 403.0% in the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,107,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $220,005,000 after buying an additional 887,478 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its position 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 valued at $350,450,000 after buying an additional 778,465 shares in the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its position 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 valued at $203,164,000 after buying an additional 595,017 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $81,990,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF stock opened at $218.50 on Friday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a twelve month low of $181.55 and a twelve month high of $220.24. The stock has a market cap of $63.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $214.18 and a 200 day moving average price of $205.44.

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.