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VALQAmerican Century U.S. Quality Value ETF

Grow my money8y track recordRanked #912 of 2,992 in this goal

Tracks the performance of the American Century U.S. Quality Value Index.

By American Century Investments · Launched 2018

Annual Cost

0.29%

#1,304 of 5,854 · low cost

Fund Size

$322M

#1,929 of 5,854 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+14.7%

Track Record

8 years

#1,657 of 5,854 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,688+16.9%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Factor

Multifactor

Index tracked

American Century US Quality Value Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 22.1% of fundwell diversified

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
34.6%
Healthcare
14.8%
Consumer Cyclical
12.1%
Consumer Defensive
12.1%
Industrials
11.6%
Communication
6.5%
Financial Services
5.5%
Energy
1.9%
Other
1.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
11.2%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-39.0%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.77Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.12Good 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 2026-08-03