The American Century STOXX U.S. Quality Value ETF tracks an index that tries to identify undervalued large cap companies that have stronger financial fundamentals relative to rivals. The index screens stocks based on value, quality, and income. The fund aims to have 30 percent to 80 percent of its portfolio in value stocks, and 20 percent to 65 percent in stocks that exhibit sustainable income. Money managers have long recognized that certain factors, when deployed during certain market conditions, have consistently rewarded investors, such as volatility, value, quality, growth, and price momentum. So-called value stocks — defined as companies with low share prices relative to their fundamentals — have historically outperformed the market over the long-term. Factor ETFs have proliferated in recent years and there are many active and passive ETF options that target different factors. Some target a single factor while others invest in a combination. VALQ is reasonably priced for a multi-factor index fund, though it’s more expensive than ultra-low-cost plain-vanilla index ETFs. VALQ also owns a relatively narrow slice of the market, so investors sacrifice diversification in exchange for the factor strategy. VALQ could make a good complement for a core equity holding for investors who want a multi-factor approach and believe in American Century’s strategy. Investors should compare price, performance, and portfolio against plain-vanilla index funds and other multi-factor ETFs in the U.S. equity space, as well as quality, value, and dividend-focused ETFs.
| Segment | Equity: U.S. - Total Market Value |
| Category | Size and Style |
| Focus | Total Market |
| Niche | Value |
| Strategy | Value |
| Weighting Scheme | Fundamental |
This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to its peers.
| VALQ | ETF Database Category Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Holdings | 223 | 183 |
| % of Assets in Top 10 | 21.62% | 31.17% |
| % of Assets in Top 15 | 29.52% | 40.64% |
| % of Assets in Top 50 | 67.29% | 76.92% |
| VALQ | ETF Database Category Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Large (>12.9B) | 84.78% | 85.42% |
| Mid (>2.7B) | 15.05% | 6.51% |
| Small (>600M) | 0.00% | 0.36% |
| Micro (<600M) | 0.00% | 0.02% |
This section compares the P/E ratio of this ETF to its peers.
This section compares the dividend yield of this ETF to its peers.
| VALQ | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend | $ 0.40 | $ 0.29 | $ 0.31 |
| Dividend Date | 2026-06-09 | N/A | N/A |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $ 1.25 | $ 1.27 | $ 0.89 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 1.83% | 2.03% | 1.08% |
View charts featuring VALQ price and volume data.
View charts featuring ETF fund flow data.
5 Day Net Flows: 0 1 Month Net Flows: -153.13 K 3 Month Net Flows: -86.08 K 6 Month Net Flows: 20.27 M 1 Year Net Flows: 38.73 M 3 Year Net Flows: 20.27 M 5 Year Net Flows: -482.61 K 10 Year Net Flows: 196.06 MView charts that break down the influence that fund flows and price had on overall assets.
5 Day Net AUM Change: 2.12 MThe adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for VALQ on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETF Database Pro members, shows the ETF in the Large Cap Value Equities with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETF Database Pro. To view information on how the ETF Database Realtime Ratings work, click here.
This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to its peers.
| Max ST Capital Gains Rate | 39.60% |
| Max LT Capital Gains Rate | 20.00% |
| Tax On Distributions | Qualified dividends |
| Distributes K1 | No |
This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peers. Returns over 1 year are annualized.
| VALQ |
ETF Database
Category Average |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 Month Return | 3.80% | 3.16% |
| 3 Month Return | 4.52% | 8.47% |
| YTD Return | 4.67% | 12.58% |
| 1 Year Return | 15.60% | 26.29% |
| 3 Year Return | 13.88% | 14.26% |
| 5 Year Return | 9.00% | 6.60% |
The following charts reflect the geographic spread of VALQ's underlying holdings.
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| North, Central and South America | 100.0% |
| Country | Percentage |
|---|---|
| United States | 97.59% |
| Ireland | 1.47% |
| Bermuda | 0.39% |
| United Kingdom | 0.25% |
| Switzerland | 0.16% |
| Canada | 0.14% |
The following charts reflect the allocation of VALQ's underlying holdings.
| Sector | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Electronic Technology | 21.7% |
| Technology Services | 14.0% |
| Health Technology | 11.11% |
| Consumer Non-Durables | 10.93% |
| Retail Trade | 9.58% |
| Producer Manufacturing | 7.66% |
| Finance | 5.39% |
| Consumer Services | 3.99% |
| Communications | 3.08% |
| Transportation | 2.9% |
| Energy Minerals | 1.87% |
| Process Industries | 1.76% |
| Commercial Services | 1.68% |
| Consumer Durables | 1.5% |
| Health Services | 1.48% |
| Distribution Services | 0.55% |
| Industrial Services | 0.33% |
| Non-Energy Minerals | 0.33% |
| Miscellaneous | 0.19% |
| Market Cap | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Large | 84.78% |
| Mid | 15.05% |
| Small | 0.0% |
| Micro | 0.0% |
| Region | Percentage |
|---|
| Asset | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Share/Common/Ordinary | 99.81% |
| Open-ended Fund | 0.19% |
| Sector | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Electronic Technology | 21.7% |
| Technology Services | 14.0% |
| Health Technology | 11.11% |
| Consumer Non-Durables | 10.93% |
| Retail Trade | 9.58% |
| Producer Manufacturing | 7.66% |
| Finance | 5.39% |
| Consumer Services | 3.99% |
| Communications | 3.08% |
| Transportation | 2.9% |
| Energy Minerals | 1.87% |
| Process Industries | 1.76% |
| Commercial Services | 1.68% |
| Consumer Durables | 1.5% |
| Health Services | 1.48% |
| Distribution Services | 0.55% |
| Industrial Services | 0.33% |
| Non-Energy Minerals | 0.33% |
| Miscellaneous | 0.19% |
This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETF Database Category.
| 5 Day Volatility | 109.05% |
| 20 Day Volatility | 12.57% |
| 50 Day Volatility | 11.07% |
| 200 Day Volatility | 11.66% |
| Beta | 0.81 |
| Standard Deviation | 2.59% |
ETF Database's Financial Advisor Reports are designed as an easy handout for clients to explain the key information on a fund. Includes new analyst insights and classification data.
Fact sheets are issued by the ETF provider and framed by ETF Database. Information contained within the fact sheet is not guaranteed to be timely or accurate.
As investors push deeper into a prolonged bull market with short-term risks popping up, many are...
The SEC has essentially shut down all bitcoin ETFs, but that doesn’t mean that the technology...
A “slow-moving avalanche” was a phrase thrown around at the ETF Exchange 2026 event...
ETF Trends and ETF Database , the preeminent digital platforms for ETF news, research, tools, video, webcasts, native content channels, and more. The ETF Trends and ETF Database brands have been trusted amongst advisors, institutional investors, and individual investors for a combined 25 years. The firms are uniquely positioned to aid advisor’s education, adoption, and usage of ETFs, as well as the asset management community’s transition from traditionally analog to digital interactions with the advisor community.
Our team at ETF Database is committed to making our website the premier source of information on ETF investing with the world’s highest quality ETF tools, content, and resources.
ETF Database analysts have a combined 50 years in the ETF and Financial markets, covering every asset class and investment style. The team monitors new filings, new launches and new issuers to make sure we place each new ETF in the appropriate context so Financial Advisors can construct high quality portfolios.
Copyright © 2026 FactSet Research Systems Inc. All rights reserved.
A long-running debate in asset allocation circles is how much of a portfolio an investor should...
In a digital age where information moves in milliseconds and millions of participants can transact...