Sapient Capital LLC Purchases New Stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL

Sapient Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 2,462 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $540,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 36.9% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,741,641 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,676,734,000 after buying an additional 2,357,971 shares during the period. MML Investors Services LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.3% during the 2nd quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 3,454,291 shares of the company’s stock valued at $631,514,000 after acquiring an additional 44,285 shares during the period. Facet Wealth Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 9.9% during the 4th quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. now owns 2,888,100 shares of the company’s stock valued at $589,952,000 after acquiring an additional 259,414 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth lifted its position 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 worth $474,097,000 after acquiring an additional 240,881 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of 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 worth $396,892,000 after acquiring an additional 62,154 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BATS QUAL opened at $225.74 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $65.45 billion, a PE ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a fifty-two week low of $184.96 and a fifty-two week high of $227.16. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $217.80 and a 200-day moving average of $208.30.

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.