---
ticker: "SQLT"
name: "iShares Trust - iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Quality Factor ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/SQLT"
grade: "B"
score: 61
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "US Quality Index"
category_rank: "9 of 26"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# SQLT: iShares Trust - iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Quality Factor ETF

Grade **B**, Score 61 of 100. Rank 9 of 26 in US Quality Index.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 74 | 7 of 26 |
| Mission | Not scored | — |
| Risk | 80 | 1 of 26 |
| Tradability | 6 | 26 of 26 |
| Holdings | 92 | 1 of 26 |
| Durability | 33 | 20 of 26 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 489 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | NFG | National Fuel Gas | 1.17% |
| 2 | SNX | Td Synnex | 0.97% |
| 3 | MANH | Manhattan Associates | 0.91% |
| 4 | ZBRA | Zebra Technologies Corp Class A | 0.89% |
| 5 | RGLD | Royal Gold | 0.88% |
| 6 | MEDP | Medpace Holdings | 0.82% |
| 7 | EWBC | East West Bancorp | 0.81% |
| 8 | DT | Dynatrace Inc | 0.80% |
| 9 | WWD | Woodward | 0.79% |
| 10 | THC | Tenet Healthcare Corp | 0.78% |
| 11 | ONTO | Onto Innovation | 0.77% |
| 12 | EXEL | Exelixis Inc | 0.77% |
| 13 | LSCC | Lattice Semiconductor | 0.74% |
| 14 | BJ | Bjs Wholesale Club Holdings | 0.72% |
| 15 | NYT | New York Times Class A | 0.71% |
| 16 | — | Blk Csh Fnd Treasury Sl Agency | 0.70% |
| 17 | ITT | Itt Inc | 0.69% |
| 18 | AKAM | Akamai Technologies Inc | 0.67% |
| 19 | RVTY | Revvity | 0.66% |
| 20 | STRL | Sterling Infrastructure | 0.64% |
| 21 | LECO | Lincoln Electric Holdings | 0.63% |
| 22 | SEIC | Sei Investments | 0.63% |
| 23 | GL | Globe Life | 0.62% |
| 24 | JKHY | Jack Henry and Associates Inc | 0.62% |
| 25 | SANM | Sanmina | 0.61% |
| 26 | PR | Permian Resources Class A | 0.60% |
| 27 | IDCC | Interdigital Inc | 0.59% |
| 28 | OVV | Ovintiv | 0.57% |
| 29 | CRL | Charles River Laboratories Interna | 0.57% |
| 30 | RMBS | Rambus | 0.56% |

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