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VALQ: AMERICAN CENTURY U.S. QUALITY VALUE ETF

Generated from StockValueFinder data · Updated Oct 14, 2026 11:24 AM
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What this ETF is trying to do

The American Century U.S. Quality Value ETF (ticker: VALQ) is designed to invest in high-quality "value" companies within the United States. This means it looks for established companies that may be priced lower than their actual worth.

What the numbers show

When looking at this ETF, it is important to understand two different types of returns. The price return shows how much the share price itself has changed. The total return shows the change in share price plus any cash distributions (dividends) paid out to investors.

For VALQ, the numbers show growth in both areas:

• One-Year Returns: The one-year price return was approximately 9.58%. The one-year total return was higher, at about 11.54%.

• Year-to-Date (YTD) Returns: So far this year, the price return is approximately 6.19%, while the total return is approximately 7.56%.

• Long-Term Returns: Over the last three years, the total return was approximately 51.61%. Over five years, the total return was approximately 56.41%.

To visualize this, if you look at the estimated price from roughly one year ago ($64.09) compared to the current price of $70.23, you can see how the share price has moved upward.

Income and distribution explanation

This ETF provides cash payments to investors through distributions. The current distribution yield is 1.72%. This means the annual cash payments are about 1.72% of the current share price. These payments usually happen quarterly, with four payments made over the last 12 months.

NAV erosion explanation

The supplied data is sufficient to evaluate price erosion, but it does not include enough historical NAV-per-share data to confirm or rule out NAV erosion.

However, regarding price erosion (the decline in the market price of the shares), the ETF has an erosion-risk score of 100. This is labeled as "No price erosion detected," and the erosion severity is described as "good." There is no severe erosion-risk flag for this ETF.

Pros

• Positive Returns: The ETF has shown positive price returns and total returns over one, three, and five-year periods.

• Low Price Erosion Risk: Based on the supplied erosion score, there are no signs of significant price deterioration.

• Diversification: The fund holds 225 different companies.

Cons

• Lower Yield: Compared to some other types of income funds, a 1.72% distribution yield may be considered low for investors seeking high immediate cash flow.

• Partial Data: The list of holdings provided is only a partial list of the largest companies in the fund.

Top Holdings:

• Merck & Co Inc (2.80%)

• UnitedHealth Group Inc (2.61%)

• Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (2.59%)

• Procter & Gamble Co (2.56%)

• Lockheed Martin Corp (2.51%)

• The Home Depot Inc (2.49%)

• Cisco Systems Inc (2.17%)

• Texas Instruments Inc (2.03%)

• Union Pacific Corp (1.96%)

• Gilead Sciences Inc (1.91%)

Beginner takeaway

VALQ is an ETF that focuses on quality U.S. companies. It has shown steady growth in both its share price and its total return over several years. While it provides regular quarterly income, the yield is relatively modest.

Top Holdings

Structured portfolio holdings supplied by the ETF data provider. These figures are not generated by the AI article.

225 holdings available
# Holding Ticker Weight
1 MERCK & CO INC MRK 2.80%
2 UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC UNH 2.61%
3 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO BMY 2.59%
4 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO PG 2.56%
5 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP LMT 2.51%
6 THE HOME DEPOT INC HD 2.49%
7 CISCO SYSTEMS INC CSCO 2.17%
8 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC TXN 2.03%
9 UNION PACIFIC CORP UNP 1.96%
10 GILEAD SCIENCES INC GILD 1.91%
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1. MERCK & CO INC MRK 2.80%
2. UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC UNH 2.61%
3. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO BMY 2.59%
4. PROCTER & GAMBLE CO PG 2.56%
5. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP LMT 2.51%
6. THE HOME DEPOT INC HD 2.49%
7. CISCO SYSTEMS INC CSCO 2.17%
8. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC TXN 2.03%
9. UNION PACIFIC CORP UNP 1.96%
10. GILEAD SCIENCES INC GILD 1.91%
11. JOHNSON & JOHNSON JNJ 1.86%
12. CHEVRON CORP CVX 1.69%
13. ABBVIE INC ABBV 1.67%
14. AT&T INC T 1.65%
15. EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP XOM 1.64%
16. TJX COMPANIES INC TJX 1.56%
17. APPLE INC AAPL 1.54%
18. T-MOBILE US INC TMUS 1.52%
19. BEST BUY CO INC BBY 1.50%
20. PEPSICO INC PEP 1.50%
21. ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC ITW 1.48%
22. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO CL 1.43%
23. TARGET CORP TGT 1.30%
24. KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP KMB 1.24%
25. ANALOG DEVICES INC ADI 1.20%
26. META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A META 1.19%
27. COMCAST CORP CLASS A CMCSA 1.18%
28. KENVUE INC KVUE 1.17%
29. SALESFORCE INC CRM 1.17%
30. COCA-COLA CO KO 1.14%
31. NIKE INC CLASS B NKE 1.14%
32. PAYCHEX INC PAYX 1.07%
33. AVERY DENNISON CORP AVY 1.05%
34. HP INC HPQ 1.01%
35. n/a DELL 0.98%
36. AMDOCS LTD DOX 0.97%
37. QUALCOMM INC QCOM 0.96%
38. SANDISK CORP ORDINARY SHARES SNDK 0.94%
39. PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC PM 0.92%
40. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP IBM 0.91%
41. MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC MU 0.91%
42. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC VZ 0.91%
43. ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A ACN 0.89%
44. APPLIED MATERIALS INC AMAT 0.88%
45. BOOKING HOLDINGS INC BKNG 0.86%
46. NEWMONT CORP NEM 0.84%
47. A.O. SMITH CORP AOS 0.83%
48. WATSCO INC ORDINARY SHARES WSO 0.81%
49. KLA CORP KLAC 0.80%
50. ADOBE INC ADBE 0.78%
51. AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC ADP 0.74%
52. n/a CTSH 0.73%
53. MCDONALD'S CORP MCD 0.61%
54. QORVO INC QRVO 0.58%
55. MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC CLASS A MSM 0.55%
56. SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC SWKS 0.53%
57. WESTERN DIGITAL CORP WDC 0.52%
58. CIRRUS LOGIC INC CRUS 0.42%
59. GAP INC GAP 0.40%
60. THE WALT DISNEY CO DIS 0.39%
61. GENTEX CORP GNTX 0.35%
62. SSC GOVERNMENT MM GVMXX n/a 0.34%
63. THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC GS 0.32%
64. ZOETIS INC CLASS A ZTS 0.29%
65. WALMART INC WMT 0.27%
66. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON HOLDING CORP CLASS A BAH 0.26%
67. VERISIGN INC VRSN 0.26%
68. CONOCOPHILLIPS COP 0.25%
69. EPAM SYSTEMS INC EPAM 0.25%
70. LEAR CORP LEA 0.25%
71. LINDE PLC LIN 0.25%
72. MACY'S INC M 0.25%
73. THE CIGNA GROUP CI 0.25%
74. THE TORO CO TTC 0.25%
75. DONALDSON CO INC DCI 0.24%
76. GENPACT LTD G 0.24%
77. MASCO CORP MAS 0.24%
78. OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP ORDINARY SHARES OTIS 0.24%
79. STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC SWK 0.24%
80. BLACKROCK INC BLK 0.23%
81. LKQ CORP LKQ 0.23%
82. LOWE'S COMPANIES INC LOW 0.23%
83. ADT INC ADT 0.22%
84. MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC MHK 0.21%
85. H&R BLOCK INC HRB 0.20%
86. BORGWARNER INC BWA 0.19%
87. HF SINCLAIR CORP DINO 0.18%
88. ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC AMD 0.17%
89. DOCUSIGN INC DOCU 0.17%
90. F5 INC FFIV 0.15%
91. SANMINA CORP SANM 0.15%
92. SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC STX 0.15%
93. UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC UBER 0.15%
94. AMPHENOL CORP CLASS A APH 0.14%
95. ARISTA NETWORKS INC ANET 0.14%
96. ARROW ELECTRONICS INC ARW 0.14%
97. CORNING INC GLW 0.14%
98. DILLARD'S INC CLASS A DDS 0.14%
99. EATON CORP PLC ETN 0.14%
100. MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP MPC 0.14%
101. MICROSOFT CORP MSFT 0.14%
102. NETAPP INC NTAP 0.14%
103. NVIDIA CORP NVDA 0.14%
104. SERVICENOW INC NOW 0.14%
105. TE CONNECTIVITY PLC REGISTERED SHARES TEL 0.14%
106. TESLA INC TSLA 0.14%
107. THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC TMO 0.14%
108. VALERO ENERGY CORP VLO 0.14%
109. ACUITY INC AYI 0.13%
110. ALTRIA GROUP INC MO 0.13%
111. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B BRK-B 0.13%
112. COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED INC COKE 0.13%
113. COMMERCIAL METALS CO CMC 0.13%
114. DANAHER CORP DHR 0.13%
115. DELTA AIR LINES INC DAL 0.13%
116. ELEVANCE HEALTH INC ELV 0.13%
117. EVEREST GROUP LTD EG 0.13%
118. EXELIXIS INC EXEL 0.13%
119. GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP LTD GTES 0.13%
120. GE VERNOVA INC GEV 0.13%
121. GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC GFS 0.13%
122. GODADDY INC CLASS A GDDY 0.13%
123. GRACO INC GGG 0.13%
124. INCYTE CORP INCY 0.13%
125. JABIL INC JBL 0.13%
126. JONES LANG LASALLE INC JLL 0.13%
127. LAM RESEARCH CORP LRCX 0.13%
128. LITTELFUSE INC LFUS 0.13%
129. LYFT INC CLASS A LYFT 0.13%
130. n/a ZBRA 0.13%
131. NVR INC NVR 0.13%
132. ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP ON 0.13%
133. PEGASYSTEMS INC PEGA 0.13%
134. PFIZER INC PFE 0.13%
135. RTX CORP RTX 0.13%
136. SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING PLC ST 0.13%
137. THE KROGER CO KR 0.13%
138. TRIMBLE INC TRMB 0.13%
139. UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC CLASS B UHS 0.13%
140. URBAN OUTFITTERS INC URBN 0.13%
141. ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC ALGN 0.12%
142. ALPHABET INC CLASS A GOOGL 0.12%
143. AMAZON.COM INC AMZN 0.12%
144. AMERICAN EXPRESS CO AXP 0.12%
145. AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC AMP 0.12%
146. ANTERO MIDSTREAM CORP AM 0.12%
147. APTIV PLC APTV 0.12%
148. BANK OF AMERICA CORP BAC 0.12%
149. BROWN-FORMAN CORP REGISTERED SHS -B- NON VTG BF-B 0.12%
150. CARDINAL HEALTH INC CAH 0.12%
151. CENTENE CORP CNC 0.12%
152. CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS INC CF 0.12%
153. CHEMED CORP CHE 0.12%
154. CHUBB LTD CB 0.12%
155. CNA FINANCIAL CORP CNA 0.12%
156. COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP COST 0.12%
157. CROWN HOLDINGS INC CCK 0.12%
158. CVS HEALTH CORP CVS 0.12%
159. D.R. HORTON INC DHI 0.12%
160. DOLLAR GENERAL CORP DG 0.12%
161. ENERSYS ENS 0.12%
162. EVERCORE INC CLASS A EVR 0.12%
163. FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC FDS 0.12%
164. FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORP FAF 0.12%
165. FIRST SOLAR INC FSLR 0.12%
166. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP GD 0.12%
167. HASBRO INC HAS 0.12%
168. HUBSPOT INC HUBS 0.12%
169. INGREDION INC INGR 0.12%
170. LEIDOS HOLDINGS INC LDOS 0.12%
171. MASTERCARD INC CLASS A MA 0.12%
172. MATCH GROUP INC ORDINARY SHARES NEW MTCH 0.12%
173. MGIC INVESTMENT CORP MTG 0.12%
174. MORGAN STANLEY MS 0.12%
175. MORNINGSTAR INC MORN 0.12%
176. NEW YORK TIMES CO CLASS A NYT 0.12%
177. NEWS CORP CLASS A NWSA 0.12%
178. OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP ORI 0.12%
179. PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA PKG 0.12%
180. PARKER HANNIFIN CORP PH 0.12%
181. PIPER SANDLER COS PIPR 0.12%
182. PROGRESSIVE CORP PGR 0.12%
183. PULTEGROUP INC PHM 0.12%
184. RYDER SYSTEM INC R 0.12%
185. S&P GLOBAL INC SPGI 0.12%
186. SEI INVESTMENTS CO SEIC 0.12%
187. SNAP-ON INC SNA 0.12%
188. SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC SSNC 0.12%
189. T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC TROW 0.12%
190. TEXTRON INC TXT 0.12%
191. THE TIMKEN CO TKR 0.12%
192. TOLL BROTHERS INC TOL 0.12%
193. UFP INDUSTRIES INC UFPI 0.12%
194. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC CLASS B UPS 0.12%
195. VISA INC CLASS A V 0.12%
196. WILLIAMS-SONOMA INC WSM 0.12%
197. WORKDAY INC CLASS A WDAY 0.12%
198. ABBOTT LABORATORIES ABT 0.11%
199. ALLSTATE CORP ALL 0.11%
200. BLACKSTONE INC BX 0.11%
201. CARLISLE COMPANIES INC CSL 0.11%
202. CHARLES SCHWAB CORP SCHW 0.11%
203. DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP DECK 0.11%
204. DOLLAR TREE INC DLTR 0.11%
205. DOMINO'S PIZZA INC DPZ 0.11%
206. FEDEX CORP FDX 0.11%
207. FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES INC FIS 0.11%
208. FISERV INC FISV 0.11%
209. FORTUNE BRANDS INNOVATIONS INC FBIN 0.11%
210. GARTNER INC IT 0.11%
211. GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC GPN 0.11%
212. JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC JKHY 0.11%
213. LULULEMON ATHLETICA INC LULU 0.11%
214. NETFLIX INC NFLX 0.11%
215. OSHKOSH CORP OSK 0.11%
216. PAYPAL HOLDINGS INC PYPL 0.11%
217. PUBLIC STORAGE PSA 0.11%
218. ROLLINS INC ROL 0.11%
219. STRYKER CORP SYK 0.11%
220. THE HERSHEY CO HSY 0.11%
221. ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS INC ZM 0.11%
222. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC CLASS A CHTR 0.10%
223. CHEWY INC CHWY 0.10%
224. EQUIFAX INC EFX 0.10%
225. EXPEDIA GROUP INC EXPE 0.10%
Holdings data last updated Oct 11, 2026 4:30 AM .
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