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About iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
Expense ratio
0.15%
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Inception date
Jul 18, 2013
Seeking to capture higher quality stocks within GICS sectors, QUAL make its selections from the large- and mid-cap MSCI universe by considering quality factors: high ROE, low debt/equity, and stable earnings growth. The fund changed its exposure following a September 1, 2015 index change, foregoing some of its earlier sector biases in favor of an underlying index with sector weighting that looks more like our benchmark, while applying quality factors to the stocks within those sectors. The new portfolio is expected to take less active risk (compared with the old index) relative to pure cap-weighted exposure. Historically QUAL has tracked its index well. QUAL has had strong institutional interest.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Technology Services
Electronic Technology
Stocks99.88%
Technology Services21.97%
Electronic Technology20.96%
Commercial Services9.25%
Health Technology8.13%
Retail Trade6.51%
Finance5.94%
Producer Manufacturing5.12%
Consumer Non-Durables4.82%
Health Services2.99%
Utilities2.46%
Process Industries2.35%
Energy Minerals2.07%
Consumer Services2.00%
Consumer Durables1.62%
Distribution Services1.50%
Industrial Services1.06%
Miscellaneous0.59%
Transportation0.46%
Non-Energy Minerals0.09%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.12%
Mutual fund0.11%
Cash0.01%
Stock breakdown by region
North America100.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history