It’s international equities season for investors, with record inflows for ex-U.S. equities in January. Investors are flocking to strategies diversifying away from the U.S., whether to balance concentration risk concerns or to find cheaper valuations in foreign stocks. Finding the right ETF to approach the category, then, becomes an important task. That’s where the quality international ETF QINT comes in.
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The American Century Quality Diversified International ETF (QINT ) recently hit a key milestone that may bring it further attention in the international equities space. QINT surpassed half a billion in AUM this week, a first for the fund’s AUM record. Charging 40 basis points, the fund has added $40 million over the last month, with an overall AUM increase of $67 million.
That has helped the international equities ETF send a buy signal, with its price sitting above both its 50- and 200-day simple moving averages (SMAs) per YCharts data. How, then, might the fund help take advantage of the year’s big ex-U.S. equities trend?
International Equities ETF QINT & Its Quality Approach
The strategy’s focus on quality and diversification in its international equities allocation can help. QINT’s index includes large- and midcap stocks showing healthy growth, strong financials, and appealing fundamentals.
By avoiding less volatile firms and adapting between growth and value styles, it can outdo more vanilla passive peers. The fund has taken that strategy and returned 39.6% over the last one year period, beating the ETF Database Foreign Large Cap Equities Category average in that time.
Investors curious to learn more can attend the Exchange conference, where American Century Investments Head of ETF Product and Strategy Sandra Testani will speak to the trends surrounding QINT.
“Demand for international equity ETFs has been strong to start 2026 as advisors look to diversify client portfolios,” said VettaFi Head of Research Todd Rosenbluth. “QINT offers a higher quality approach than traditional index funds adding to its appeal. I’m excited more advisors will learn from American Century about it at Exchange.”
VettaFi LLC (“VettaFi”) is the index provider for QINT for which it receives an index licensing fee. However, QINT is not issued, sponsored, endorsed, or sold by VettaFi, and VettaFi has no obligation or liability in connection with the issuance, administration, marketing, or trading of QINT.
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