Cetera Investment Advisers Purchases 43,742 Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 2.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,574,045 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 43,742 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers owned approximately 0.54% of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF worth $301,918,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. MML Investors Services LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 3,454,291 shares of the company’s stock worth $631,514,000 after buying an additional 44,285 shares during the last quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 9.9% in the fourth quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. now owns 2,888,100 shares of the company’s stock worth $589,952,000 after acquiring an additional 259,414 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 11.2% during the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 2,386,956 shares of the company’s stock valued at $474,097,000 after purchasing an additional 240,881 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.1% during the third quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 2,040,575 shares of the company’s stock valued at $396,892,000 after purchasing an additional 62,154 shares during the period. Finally, Two Sigma Investments LP boosted its holdings 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 worth $375,735,000 after purchasing an additional 964,500 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Down 0.4%

BATS:QUAL opened at $217.34 on Thursday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12 month low of $181.65 and a 12 month high of $221.16. The company has a market cap of $63.02 billion, a PE ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $215.90 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $206.62.

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.