Financial Sense Advisors Inc. Has $665,000 Stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL)

Financial Sense Advisors Inc. cut its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 15.8% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 3,732 shares of the company’s stock after selling 699 shares during the quarter. Financial Sense Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $665,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of QUAL. FMR LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 7.9% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,848,761 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,841,683,000 after acquiring an additional 1,160,410 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 6.9% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 14,725,824 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,640,340,000 after purchasing an additional 950,857 shares during the period. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 18,801.7% during the 4th quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 522,633 shares of the company’s stock worth $93,070,000 after purchasing an additional 519,868 shares during the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $81,990,000. Finally, Goldstein Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 11,176.9% in the 3rd quarter. Goldstein Advisors LLC now owns 282,036 shares of the company’s stock valued at $50,569,000 after purchasing an additional 279,535 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Up 5.4 %

Shares of BATS QUAL opened at $186.15 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $49.12 billion, a PE ratio of 23.03 and a beta of 1.03. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $181.79 and a 200 day simple moving average of $179.74. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a twelve month low of $71.96 and a twelve month high of $88.63.

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.