Sanctuary Advisors LLC Purchases 4,130 Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL)

Sanctuary Advisors LLC grew its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 0.5% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 783,589 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 4,130 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF comprises approximately 0.9% of Sanctuary Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 14th biggest position. Sanctuary Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF were worth $144,854,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. FMR LLC increased its position in 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 period. LPL Financial LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 6.9% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 14,725,824 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,640,340,000 after acquiring an additional 950,857 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 0.7% during the third quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 4,050,192 shares of the company’s stock worth $726,199,000 after acquiring an additional 28,147 shares during the period. MML Investors Services LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 6.3% during the third quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 2,859,647 shares of the company’s stock worth $512,735,000 after acquiring an additional 170,321 shares during the period. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 7.2% during the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 2,583,297 shares of the company’s stock worth $463,185,000 after acquiring an additional 173,127 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF stock opened at $185.18 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $48.87 billion, a PE ratio of 23.03 and a beta of 1.03. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $181.79 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $179.46. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 52-week low of $71.96 and a 52-week 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.