D.A. Davidson & CO. Buys 5,890 Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

D.A. Davidson & CO. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 1.0% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 605,588 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,890 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF accounts for about 0.7% of D.A. Davidson & CO.’s holdings, making the stock its 29th biggest holding. D.A. Davidson & CO. owned approximately 0.21% of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF worth $116,158,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Two Sigma Investments LP raised 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 valued at $375,735,000 after buying an additional 964,500 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position 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 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 increased its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 79.0% in 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 acquiring an additional 778,465 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 132.4% in the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,044,546 shares of the company’s stock valued at $203,164,000 after acquiring 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 during the fourth quarter valued at about $81,990,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of QUAL stock opened at $219.80 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $215.12 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $205.97. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12-month low of $181.55 and a 12-month high of $220.24. The firm has a market cap of $63.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05.

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.