Beacon Financial Advisory LLC Acquires 1,256 Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL)

Beacon Financial Advisory LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 6.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 20,465 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,256 shares during the period. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF accounts for about 1.2% of Beacon Financial Advisory LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest position. Beacon Financial Advisory LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $3,644,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Squarepoint Ops LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 19.7% during the 2nd quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 3,502 shares of the company’s stock worth $598,000 after buying an additional 576 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 7.8% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,602 shares of the company’s stock valued at $444,000 after acquiring an additional 189 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.6% in the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,670 shares of the company’s stock valued at $299,000 after acquiring an additional 58 shares during the last quarter. Alpha Financial Partners LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 903.5% in the third quarter. Alpha Financial Partners LLC now owns 38,674 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,934,000 after purchasing an additional 34,820 shares during the period. Finally, Brookstone Capital Management raised its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.5% during the 3rd quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 157,021 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,154,000 after purchasing an additional 5,274 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Up 4.2 %

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF stock opened at $184.10 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $48.58 billion, a PE ratio of 23.03 and a beta of 1.03. The company’s 50-day moving average is $181.99 and its two-hundred day moving average is $178.65. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 1 year low of $71.96 and a 1 year high of $88.63.

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.