American Century STOXX U.S. Quality Value ETF
$70.39+0.14 (+0.20%)
- 0.29%
- $327M
- +13.9%
- 1.72%
- 0M sh
- $70.24
- low $62.30high $73.17
The ETF.net VALQ Grade
B
Score 54 out of 100
- 50 of 99
Score 54 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25. The letter stays B for now. A new letter must hold for 3 published runs before it replaces it.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.B57 out of 100Rank 38 of 99Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A72 out of 100Rank 60 of 86Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B58 out of 100Rank 36 of 97Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D25 out of 100Rank 90 of 99Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B57 out of 100Rank 48 of 98Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D35 out of 100Rank 79 of 99
Our read on VALQ
BCheap stocks are sometimes cheap for a reason. VALQ's index screens U.S. large and mid caps for quality and income alongside valuation, so the bargain bin gets filtered before anything gets bought. Launched 2018, 0.29% a year.
The fund seeks to capture the performance of U.S. large- and mid-capitalization companies with attractive quality, valuation, and income fundamentals.
Why people hold it
- A three-way test: quality, valuation and income fundamentals across U.S. large- and mid-cap companies. Not a pure cheapness sweep.americancentury.com
- 0.29% a year undercuts the typical U.S. multifactor fund, and the portfolio spreads across roughly 220 stocks rather than a narrow bet.
- Income is written into the screen itself, not bolted on afterward, and the fund distributes quarterly.
- Rules-based, not manager hunch: it follows the American Century U.S. Quality Value Index and lands in the upper half of a crowded multifactor peer group.res.americancentury.com
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded next to the category's giants, so bid-ask spreads can run wider and larger orders can move the price.
- Broad value peers like VONV and VYM charge a fraction of this fee; the extra cost is what buys the quality and income screens.
- Those same filters make it behave differently from a plain value index, in either direction, over any given stretch.
VALQ Holdings
- Stocks
- 225
- 23%
- MRK
Sectors
- Technology32.0%
- Health Care14.6%
- Consumer Discretionary13.3%
- Industrials11.9%
- Consumer Staples10.5%
- Communication7.3%
- Financials4.3%
- Energy3.8%
- Materials2.1%
- Real Estate0.2%
Geography
- United States97.24%
- Ireland1.65%
- Bermuda0.41%
- United Kingdom0.25%
- Singapore0.16%
- Switzerland0.16%
- Canada0.13%
VALQ Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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VALQ$11,391
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | VALQ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +7.7% |
| 1 month | −1.4% |
| 3 months | +1.2% |
| 1 year | +13.9% |
| 3 years | +14.9% |
| 5 years | +9.5% |
| 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 | VALQ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +7.7% | |
| 2025 | +10.6% | |
| 2024 | +16.7% | |
| 2023 | +13.9% | |
| 2022 | −7.7% | |
| 2021 | +27.1% | |
| 2020 | +0.6% |
VALQ in the news
VALQ Dividends
- 1.72%
- $1.21
- $0.28 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VALQ Risk
- 11.6%
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.
- 0.86
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.
- −20.2%
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.
- 0.71
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VALQ Cost
0.29%
VALQ0.29%
- The middle half of US Multifactor funds
- Median 0.30%
40 of the 99 US Multifactor funds charge less.
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