Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC Purchases 4,365 Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL)

Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 2.9% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 154,366 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,365 shares during the period. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF accounts for approximately 3.4% of Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC owned 0.06% of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF worth $27,678,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 3.7% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 28,038,014 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,787,771,000 after acquiring an additional 999,735 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 141.3% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,677,664 shares of the company’s stock valued at $275,724,000 after purchasing an additional 982,323 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 21.9% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,808,994 shares of the company’s stock worth $821,412,000 after buying an additional 863,219 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 5.6% during the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 13,774,967 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,352,213,000 after buying an additional 727,760 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Liberty Wealth Management LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 738.8% during the second quarter. Liberty Wealth Management LLC now owns 779,144 shares of the company’s stock worth $133,047,000 after buying an additional 686,255 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Price Performance

QUAL stock opened at $179.76 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $177.94 and a 200 day moving average price of $170.79. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 12 month low of $71.96 and a 12 month high of $88.63. The company has a market cap of $47.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.03 and a beta of 1.03.

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.