iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) Shares Bought by Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 27.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 749,636 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 159,562 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF comprises 3.7% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings, making the stock its 5th largest holding. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management owned about 0.33% of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF worth $110,302,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in QUAL. VisionPoint Advisory Group LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. NBC Securities Inc. bought a new position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the third quarter worth $26,000. Signaturefd LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1,414.3% in the third quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 212 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 198 shares during the period. Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, Thompson Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $34,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Price Performance

Shares of QUAL traded up $2.12 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $161.31. The stock had a trading volume of 1,093,244 shares. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $160.96 and a 200-day simple moving average of $150.88. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 1-year low of $71.96 and a 1-year high of $88.63. The firm has a market capitalization of $42.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.03 and a beta of 1.03.

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.