QUALiShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index.
By iShares · Launched 2013
Annual Cost
0.15%
#645 of 6,040 · low cost
Fund Size
$47.7B
#71 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+15.8%
Track Record
13 years
#1,086 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,391+13.9%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Factor
Quality
Index tracked
MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 39.0% of funddiversified
NVIDIA CORPORATION
6.5%
APPLE INC.
6.3%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
5.0%
META PLATFORMS, INC.
3.5%
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
3.2%
THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.
3.2%
VISA INC.
3.1%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
2.9%
KLA CORPORATION
2.8%
ALPHABET INC.
2.5%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.8%
Cash
0.2%
By sector
Technology
40.0%
Financial Services
12.0%
Communication
9.8%
Healthcare
9.5%
Consumer Cyclical
8.5%
Industrials
7.1%
Consumer Defensive
4.3%
Energy
3.4%
Other
5.5%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
12.2%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-34.1%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.96Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.41Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in U.S. large- and mid-capitalization stocks with quality characteristics, seeking to track the MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index. Uses representative sampling to manage the Fund, aiming for lower costs and better after-tax performance.
- Inception date
- July 16, 2013
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-09-18