iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) Holdings Raised by Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC

Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 2.3% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 15,347 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 343 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF comprises about 1.2% of Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 26th largest holding. Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $2,752,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of QUAL. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.7% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 28,038,014 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,787,771,000 after buying an additional 999,735 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 5.6% in the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 13,774,967 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,352,213,000 after purchasing an additional 727,760 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 21.9% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,808,994 shares of the company’s stock worth $821,412,000 after purchasing an additional 863,219 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 5.9% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 3,106,475 shares of the company’s stock worth $530,462,000 after purchasing an additional 172,340 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.2% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,372,410 shares of the company’s stock worth $405,113,000 after purchasing an additional 73,653 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Price Performance

QUAL traded down $0.17 on Tuesday, hitting $184.25. The company had a trading volume of 1,005,623 shares. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 1-year low of $71.96 and a 1-year high of $88.63. The stock has a market cap of $48.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.03 and a beta of 1.03. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $178.73 and its 200 day moving average price is $172.61.

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.