JPMorgan U.S. Quality Factor ETF
$74.48−0.09 (−0.11%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.12%
- Fund size
- $8.9B
- 1Y return
- +19.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.05%
- Holdings
- 308
- Volume · 30D
- 0.5M sh
- NAV per share
- $74.61
- 52W range
The ETF.net JQUA Grade
Score 80 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 100Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 77Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 75Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 54Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 82Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 77Category rank
Our read on JQUA
AQuality investing without the quality price tag. JQUA screens U.S. companies for profitability and strong balance-sheet traits, and charges 0.12%, the lowest fee in the quality-factor group we track.
JQUA is designed to provide domestic equity exposure focused on companies with strong quality and profitability characteristics, using a rules-based approach intended to enhance returns.
Why people hold it
- 0.12% a year, against a roughly 0.29% median for quality-factor funds, and it undercuts the bigger badges QUAL and FQAL at 0.15%.
- About 300 U.S. names selected on quality and profitability: a broad core-shaped sleeve, not a concentrated wager on a dozen balance sheets.
- Live since 2017 and now a multi-billion-dollar, actively traded fund, so it has both a real track record and daily two-way flow.
- One of the stronger implementations in its peer group: it stays close to the JP Morgan US Quality Factor Index it follows while keeping costs at the bottom of the group.
Worth knowing
- A quality screen is a tilt, not a shield. Owning profitable companies means owning less of everything else, and that gap cuts both ways.
- Trades actively, though it is not the most heavily traded fund on the quality-factor shelf, which matters more for large orders than small ones.
- Distributions land quarterly and fall out of what the screen owns. Income is a byproduct here, not the mandate.
JQUA Holdings
- Stocks
- 308
- 19%
- AAPL
Sectors
- Technology41.1%
- Financials12.7%
- Health Care9.4%
- Consumer Discr.9.2%
- Industrials8.4%
- Communication5.4%
- Cons. Staples5.1%
- Energy3.7%
- Real Estate2.1%
- Materials1.7%
- Utilities1.1%
Geography
- United States95.96%
- United Kingdom1.11%
- Ireland0.91%
- Switzerland0.52%
- Bermuda0.52%
- Australia0.33%
- Sweden0.32%
- Netherlands0.18%
- 0.13%
JQUA Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
JQUA$11,964
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | JQUA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +18.7% |
| 1 month | −0.2% |
| 3 months | +4.5% |
| 1 year | +19.6% |
| 3 years | +21.1% |
| 5 years | +13.6% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | JQUA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +18.7% | |
| 2025 | +11.7% | |
| 2024 | +21.2% | |
| 2023 | +25.1% | |
| 2022 | −13.5% | |
| 2021 | +28.7% | |
| 2020 | +16.5% |
JQUA in the news
JQUA Dividends
- 1.05%
- $0.78
- $0.19 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | $0.25 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Dec 24, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 | $0.24 |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Sep 26, 2024 | $0.17 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Jun 27, 2024 | $0.18 |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Mar 22, 2024 | $0.12 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 3, 2024 | $0.01 |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 22, 2023 | $0.19 |
JQUA Risk
- 12.2%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.17
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −22.5%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.92
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
JQUA Cost
0.12%
JQUA0.12%
- The middle half of US Quality Index funds
- Median 0.38%
No US Quality Index fund charges less.