iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) Sees Large Growth in Short Interest

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL – Get Free Report) saw a large increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 600,092 shares, an increase of 86.1% from the September 30th total of 322,434 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,021,651 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in QUAL. Watershed Private Wealth LLC grew its position in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 9.3% in the 3rd quarter. Watershed Private Wealth LLC now owns 14,716 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,271,000 after purchasing an additional 1,252 shares during the period. Integrity Advisory Solutions LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 8.7% during the 3rd quarter. Integrity Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 15,143 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,366,000 after buying an additional 1,212 shares during the period. Summa Corp. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Summa Corp. now owns 28,850 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,412,000 after buying an additional 550 shares during the period. Moneywise Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 358.3% during the 3rd quarter. Moneywise Inc. now owns 4,400 shares of the company’s stock valued at $978,000 after buying an additional 3,440 shares during the period. Finally, Garde Capital Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF by 42.5% in the 3rd quarter. Garde Capital Inc. now owns 1,930 shares of the company’s stock worth $429,000 after buying an additional 576 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Price Performance

QUAL stock opened at $222.49 on Friday. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a 1-year low of $185.88 and a 1-year high of $228.13. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $223.27 and a 200-day moving average price of $212.55. The stock has a market capitalization of $64.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 1.05.

Shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF are set to split on the morning of Thursday, November 5th. The 4-1 split was recently announced. The newly created shares will be distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, November 4th.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Company Profile

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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. QUAL was launched on Jul 18, 2013 and is managed by BlackRock.

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