VALQAmerican Century U.S. Quality Value ETF
Tracks the performance of the American Century U.S. Quality Value Index.
By American Century Investments · Launched 2018
Annual Cost
0.29%
#1,333 of 6,040 · low cost
Fund Size
$359M
#1,915 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+13.1%
Track Record
8 years
#1,671 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,272+12.7%
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
Multifactor
Index tracked
American Century US Quality Value Index
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 22.1% of funddiversified
Lockheed Martin Corp
3.3%
Merck & Co Inc
2.9%
Lowe's Cos Inc
2.9%
Cisco Systems Inc/Delaware
2.5%
Procter & Gamble Co/The
2.0%
International Business Machines Corp
1.8%
Gilead Sciences Inc
1.7%
Applied Materials Inc
1.7%
QUALCOMM Inc
1.6%
Lam Research Corp
1.6%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.7%
Cash
0.3%
By sector
Technology
33.8%
Healthcare
15.5%
Consumer Defensive
11.8%
Consumer Cyclical
11.6%
Industrials
11.3%
Communication
6.9%
Financial Services
5.9%
Energy
2.2%
Other
1.0%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
11.2%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-39.0%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.85Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.24Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the performance of the American Century U.S. Quality Value Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in large- and mid-cap U.S. companies that are undervalued or have sustainable income, using a rules-based methodology to select component securities. The fund aims to closely correspond to the American Century U.S. Quality Value Index, which is rebalanced monthly and reconstituted quarterly.
- Inception date
- January 11, 2018
- Fund family
- American Century Investments
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Data updated on 2026-09-18