iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF $QUAL Shares Purchased by Unison Advisors LLC

Unison Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 614,844 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,556 shares during the period. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF makes up 9.6% of Unison Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 4th largest position. Unison Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $136,643,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 2,357,971 shares during the last quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 2.0% in the second quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,358,210 shares of the company’s stock valued at $736,892,000 after purchasing an additional 65,534 shares during the last quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 11.3% in the second quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. now owns 3,300,180 shares of the company’s stock valued at $724,159,000 after purchasing an additional 334,234 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada increased its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 2.9% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 1,777,079 shares of the company’s stock valued at $340,861,000 after purchasing an additional 49,616 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 2.9% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,574,045 shares of the company’s stock valued at $301,918,000 after buying an additional 43,742 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Down 1.0%

Shares of QUAL opened at $222.49 on Friday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 1 year low of $185.88 and a 1 year high of $228.13. The stock has a market cap of $64.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $223.27 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $212.55.

Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF are set to split on the morning of Thursday, November 5th. The 4-1 split was recently announced. The newly minted shares will be payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, November 4th.

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.