iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF QUAL · CBOE
$54.80 +0.01% (+$0.01)
Summary
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by IShares. Positions inside: 121. The ten largest make up 44% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.15%
- Fund size
- $48.0B
- Positions
- 121
- Dividend yield
- 2.80%
- Running since
- 2013
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.15% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- A large fund with $48.0B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $56.6M changes hands a day.
- It has been running since 2013.
What to watch
- 99% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 76% from its high.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -76%
- 3 months
- -76%
- This year
- -72%
- 1 year
- -72%
- 3 years
- -60%
- 5 years
- -62%
- 10 years
- -19%
- Avg. market cap
- $1.58T
- P/E
- 26.7x
- Forward P/E
- 23.9x
- P/S
- 5.4x
- P/B
- 8.0x
- P/FCF
- 33.3x
- EV/EBITDA
- 18.9x
- Dividend yield
- 0.95%
- ROIC
- 27.3%
- ROE
- 62.9%
- Gross margin
- 55.8%
- Operating margin
- 33.5%
- Net margin
- 29.4%
- Payout ratio
- 25.4%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.7x
- Beta
- 0.90
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 85% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 MSMicrosoft MSFT 8.3%
- 2 AAApple AAPL 7.5%
- 3 NVNvidia NVDA 5.3%
- 4 LLEli Lilly LLY 4.4%
- 5 MEMeta META 4.0%
- 6 VVisa V 3.7%
- 7 TJThe TJX Companies, Inc. TJX 3.5%
- 8 MAMastercard MA 2.6%
- 9 XOExxon Mobil XOM 2.3%
- 10 LRLam Research LRCX 2.2%
Positions in the fund: 121. The ten largest make up 44% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Industrials 8.7%
- Energy 3.6%
- Utilities 2.1%
- Real estate 1.5%
- Other 84%
By country
- United States 99%
- Switzerland 1.2%
By company size
- Mega cap 60%
- Large cap 40%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Industrials (8.7%). Largest country: United States (99%). Largest size group: Mega cap (60%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $15.00
- Over 20 years
- $748
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $15.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $748.
How has it done?
Losing value- A year on average, 10 years
- -2.1%
- Deepest drop
- -76%
- Yearly volatility
- 143%
Average yearly decline over the last ten years: 2.1%. Deepest drop in these years: 76% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.80%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.12
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.53 per share, which is 2.80% of today's price. The last payment was $0.12 on Sep 15, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $56.6M
- Shares a day
- 1.0M
On an average day about $56.6M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 26.7
- Average Bulios Score
- 75 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 2.4%
- Fairly valued 12%
- Overvalued 86%
On average the companies inside trade for 26.7 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 86% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 85% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
XQ XQLT.TO iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor Index ETF | Canada | 0.32% | $187.2M | +14% | Pays out | 100% |
QD QDVB.DE iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.20% | $1.92B | +21% | Reinvests | 98% |
ZU ZUQ.TO BMO MSCI USA High Quality Index ETF | Canada | 0.33% | $932.1M | +16% | Pays out | 68% |
IS IS3Q.DE iShares Edge MSCI World Quality Factor UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.25% | $6.57B | +21% | Reinvests | 64% |
XD XDEQ.DE Xtrackers MSCI World Quality UCITS ETF 1C | Ireland | 0.25% | $2.96B | +21% | Reinvests | 62% |
UB UBUT.DE UBS Factor MSCI USA Quality Screened UCITS ETF USD dis | Ireland | 0.25% | $1.24B | +23% | Pays out | 61% |