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American Century STOXX U.S. Quality Value (VALQ)

Value ETF · American Century · NYSE ARCA · 227 holdings
$72.97 ▲ +0.90 (1.25%)
At close · USD · Volume 1,908,986
Returns and riskCostIncomeDividend historyHoldingsX-Ray look-throughQuestions
52-week range
$62.30 – $73.17
Day's range
$72.13 – $72.97
1-year total return
+15.0%

VALQ price chart

Daily, split-corrected, distributions markedEnd-of-day prices

VALQ fund facts

FundAmerican Century STOXX U.S. Quality Value ETF
TickerVALQ · NYSE ARCA
Issuer (by our rules)American Century
Category (by our rules)Value
Expense ratio0.29%
Holdings227
Net assets (fund, SEC)$348M
Yield (last 12 months)1.66%
DistributionsQuarterly
52-week range$62.30 – $73.17
Average volume (3 months)35,342
First price in our data16 Jan 2018
Issuer and category are assigned by StocksXray rules from the fund name. Expense ratio and net assets come from SEC filings; where a fund does not file them (for example grantor trusts) the field stays empty.

Returns and risk

1 month
+2.8%
3 months
+6.3%
6 months
+11.6%
Year to date
+11.8%
1 year
+15.0%
3 years a year
+17.3%
5 years a year
+9.6%
10 years a year
n/a
Volatility (1 year)
11.1%
Largest drop, last year
−7.9%
Largest drop in our data
−38.2%
Total return includes distributions, from end-of-day prices adjusted for splits and distributions, to 22 Oct 2026. Periods of 3 years and longer are annualised and shown only when the fund's history is long enough. Volatility is the standard deviation of daily returns over the last year, annualised. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Cost: expense ratio

0.29% a year

On $10,000 invested that is about $29 a year in fund costs, taken out of the fund's assets.

Source: the fund's prospectus, as filed with the SEC on 29 Dec 2025 (risk/return summary data). Brokerage commissions and the bid-ask spread are separate costs.

Income: distributions

Paid, last 12 months
1.21 USD
Yield on today's price
1.66%
Frequency
Quarterly
Latest ex-date
8 Sep 2026
Full VALQ dividend history →
Cash paid per current share (restated for share splits), before tax, from EODHD.

VALQ top holdings

#HoldingWeight
1 QUALCOMM Inc QCOM 3.91%
2 Cisco Systems Inc/Delaware CSCO 3.77%
3 Verizon Communications Inc VZ 2.57%
4 Merck & Co Inc MRK 2.52%
5 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co BMY 2.45%
6 International Business Machines Corp IBM 2.44%
7 Lockheed Martin Corp LMT 2.19%
8 Texas Instruments Inc TXN 1.92%
9 Procter & Gamble Co/The PG 1.91%
10 Gilead Sciences Inc GILD 1.79%
The top 10 make up 25.5% of the fund, out of 227 holdings.
Positions as of 31 May 2026, from the fund's Form N-PORT filed with the SEC. Public N-PORT holdings are quarter-end positions published about 60 days later, so they can be months old and the fund may have changed since.

X-Ray look-through

StocksXray scores 84% of VALQ by weight (144 stocks in our S&P 500 coverage), so we can look inside the fund with our own numbers. The weighted average X-Ray Score of those stocks is 51 out of 100.

Undervalued 19%Fair 68%Overvalued 13%
Information Technology 32%Health Care 17%Consumer Staples 15%Industrials 13%Consumer Discretionary 8%Communication Services 6%
Weights are the SEC holdings weights dated 31 May 2026; scores and fair-value labels are today's. Labels follow our fair-value method ("Undervalued" means fair value is more than 17.5% above the price) and are model estimates, not forecasts or advice. How the X-Ray Score works.

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VALQ: frequently asked questions

What is VALQ?

VALQ is the American Century STOXX U.S. Quality Value ETF, issued by American Century, listed on NYSE ARCA. By our rules it is classed as "Value". Its latest SEC filing lists 227 holdings.

What is the expense ratio of VALQ?

VALQ charges 0.29% a year, according to its prospectus filed with the SEC on 29 Dec 2025. On $10,000 that is about $29 a year in fund costs.

Does VALQ pay dividends?

Yes. VALQ paid 1.21 per share over the last 12 months, quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.66% on today's price. The latest ex-dividend date was 8 Sep 2026.

What does VALQ hold?

The largest holdings in the latest SEC filing are QUALCOMM Inc (3.9%), Cisco Systems Inc/Delaware (3.8%), Verizon Communications Inc (2.6%). The top 10 together make up 25.5% of the fund.

How has VALQ performed?

Total return including distributions to 22 Oct 2026: 1 year +15.0%, 3 years +17.3% a year, 5 years +9.6% a year. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

How does StocksXray rate the stocks inside VALQ?

We score 84% of the fund by weight (144 stocks) with our X-Ray Score: the weighted average is 51 out of 100. These are model estimates, not forecasts or advice.

Where the numbers come from

Prices and distributions end-of-day data from EODHD; returns are our own calculations from it.
Expense ratio and holdings SEC filings (prospectus risk/return data and Form N-PORT).
Category, issuer and leverage assigned by StocksXray rules from the fund name.
X-Ray look-through our scores applied to the SEC holdings.
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