---
ticker: "QVAL"
name: "Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/QVAL"
grade: "A"
score: 77
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "US Active Value"
category_rank: "6 of 66"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# QVAL: Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF

Grade **A**, Score 77 of 100. Rank 6 of 66 in US Active Value.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 86 | 9 of 66 |
| Mission | 53 | 27 of 27 |
| Risk | 59 | 22 of 63 |
| Tradability | 84 | 7 of 66 |
| Holdings | 70 | 20 of 66 |
| Durability | 81 | 8 of 66 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 52 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | ACN | Accenture PLC | 2.33% |
| 2 | MPC | Marathon Petroleum Corp | 2.24% |
| 3 | DINO | HF Sinclair Corp | 2.21% |
| 4 | UTHR | United Therapeutics Corp | 2.21% |
| 5 | STZ | Constellation Brands Inc | 2.16% |
| 6 | VLO | Valero Energy Corp | 2.15% |
| 7 | HUM | Humana Inc | 2.15% |
| 8 | PSX | Phillips 66 | 2.14% |
| 9 | RRC | Range Resources Corp | 2.13% |
| 10 | APA | APA Corp | 2.12% |
| 11 | ANF | Abercrombie & Fitch Co | 2.11% |
| 12 | URBN | Urban Outfitters Inc | 2.09% |
| 13 | COP | ConocoPhillips | 2.09% |
| 14 | EQT | EQT Corp | 2.08% |
| 15 | DECK | Deckers Outdoor Corp | 2.07% |
| 16 | EOG | EOG Resources Inc | 2.06% |
| 17 | ANTM | Elevance Health Inc | 2.05% |
| 18 | CCL | Carnival Corp Ltd | 2.03% |
| 19 | EIX | Edison International | 2.03% |
| 20 | EXE | Expand Energy Corp | 2.02% |
| 21 | ADT | ADT Inc | 2.02% |
| 22 | THC | Tenet Healthcare Corp | 2.02% |
| 23 | LNG | Cheniere Energy Inc | 2.01% |
| 24 | DVN | Devon Energy Corp | 2.01% |
| 25 | MO | Altria Group Inc | 2.00% |
| 26 | FSLR | First Solar Inc | 1.98% |
| 27 | DLTR | Dollar Tree Inc | 1.98% |
| 28 | ADBE | Adobe Inc | 1.98% |
| 29 | EXPE | Expedia Group Inc | 1.98% |
| 30 | CI | Cigna Group/The | 1.97% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/QVAL. Please cite the page URL.