Townsquare Capital LLC Raises Stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL)

Townsquare Capital LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (BATS:QUAL) by 12.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 141,965 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 15,481 shares during the quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC owned approximately 0.05% of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF worth $25,454,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in QUAL. Halpern Financial Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $26,000. Barrett & Company Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. Finally, Centennial Bank AR purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $29,000.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Trading Up 0.5 %

BATS QUAL opened at $184.59 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $48.71 billion, a PE ratio of 23.03 and a beta of 1.03. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF has a twelve month low of $71.96 and a twelve month high of $88.63. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $180.44 and a 200-day simple moving average of $174.34.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Company 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.