Ethic Inc. Buys Shares of 1,281 iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL)

Ethic Inc. bought a new stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 1,281 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $228,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fiduciary Trust Co boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 2.1% in the fourth quarter. Fiduciary Trust Co now owns 5,448 shares of the company’s stock worth $970,000 after acquiring an additional 112 shares during the last quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 22.8% in the fourth quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. now owns 5,984 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,066,000 after acquiring an additional 1,110 shares during the last quarter. Family Management Corp boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Family Management Corp now owns 172,835 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,778,000 after acquiring an additional 2,801 shares during the last quarter. Fullcircle Wealth LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 11.1% in the fourth quarter. Fullcircle Wealth LLC now owns 15,898 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,954,000 after acquiring an additional 1,591 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 132.3% in the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 45,072 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,026,000 after acquiring an additional 25,672 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Stock Performance

QUAL opened at $179.14 on Friday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $168.21 and its 200 day simple moving average is $177.10. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 1 year low of $148.34 and a 1 year high of $187.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $51.32 billion, a PE ratio of 25.81 and a beta of 1.06.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Profile

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.