Columbus Macro LLC Lowers Position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL)

Columbus Macro LLC lessened its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 3.8% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 12,665 shares of the company’s stock after selling 501 shares during the period. Columbus Macro LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $2,081,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Baystate Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Baystate Wealth Management LLC now owns 169,324 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,914,000 after purchasing an additional 1,997 shares during the last quarter. Millington Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Millington Financial Advisors LLC now owns 19,461 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,863,000 after acquiring an additional 296 shares during the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 111.8% in the fourth quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 4,959 shares of the company’s stock valued at $730,000 after purchasing an additional 2,618 shares during the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management grew its holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 4.7% during the fourth quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 93,564 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,110,000 after purchasing an additional 4,236 shares during the period. Finally, MA Private Wealth increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 50.6% in the fourth quarter. MA Private Wealth now owns 272,596 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,110,000 after buying an additional 91,571 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Up 0.5 %

QUAL traded up $0.78 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $172.21. The stock had a trading volume of 692,802 shares. The stock has a market cap of $45.45 billion, a PE ratio of 23.03 and a beta of 1.03. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 1 year low of $71.96 and a 1 year high of $88.63. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $164.65 and its 200 day simple moving average is $158.56.

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.