Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Has $52.55 Million Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans decreased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 42.1% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 263,128 shares of the company’s stock after selling 191,239 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $52,552,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of QUAL. Two Sigma Investments LP increased its stake 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 during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its stake 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 purchasing an additional 778,465 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. increased its stake 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 purchasing an additional 595,017 shares during the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 4th quarter worth $81,990,000. Finally, Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 298.3% during the 2nd quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 542,767 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,229,000 after purchasing an additional 406,488 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Down 0.9%

Shares of QUAL opened at $210.45 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $200.79 and its 200-day moving average is $200.21. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12 month low of $173.00 and a 12 month high of $212.78. The firm has a market cap of $61.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05.

About iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

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.