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QUALISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

$223.18-0.17% vs prior close
18622852-WK

Price through Oct 27, 2026 · Flows through Oct 26, 2026. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 27, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 27, 2026.

The fund generally will invest at least 90% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and may invest up to 10% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. The index is based on a traditional market capitalization-weighted parent index, the MSCI USA Index.

QUAL price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateQUAL close
Sep 28, 2026$222.87
Sep 29, 2026$223.23
Sep 30, 2026$222.24
Oct 1, 2026$223.44
Oct 2, 2026$224.48
Oct 5, 2026$225.88
Oct 6, 2026$226.47
Oct 7, 2026$225.90
Oct 8, 2026$226.13
Oct 9, 2026$227.12
Oct 12, 2026$227.72
Oct 13, 2026$227.09
Oct 14, 2026$225.93
Oct 15, 2026$226.72
Oct 16, 2026$224.93
Oct 19, 2026$225.22
Oct 20, 2026$225.69
Oct 21, 2026$226.06
Oct 22, 2026$224.58
Oct 23, 2026$222.82
Oct 26, 2026$223.55
Oct 27, 2026$223.18

Daily net flows, 1M

Net inflow over the range: +$171M

  • Inflow / above zero
  • Outflow / below zero
Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 6Oct 8Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 20+$280MOct 22−$11.2MOct 26Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 6Oct 8Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 20+$280MOct 22−$11.2MOct 26Sep 28Oct 5Oct 12Oct 19+$280M−$11.2MOct 26
Source: Daily creation and redemption records
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LabelValue ($)
Sep 28$33.5M
Sep 29−$79.1M
Sep 30−$143.9M
Oct 1$44.6M
Oct 2$123.8M
Oct 5−$33.8M
Oct 6−$132.3M
Oct 7$222.1M
Oct 8$33.9M
Oct 9−$216.7M
Oct 12$251.8M
Oct 13−$11.3M
Oct 14$0
Oct 15$45.2M
Oct 16−$180.8M
Oct 19−$72.4M
Oct 20$117.9M
Oct 21$11.3M
Oct 22$280M
Oct 23−$111.5M
Oct 26−$11.2M
The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$171M of net inflows over the past month, about 0.4% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +12.4% so far this year. At 0.15% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IVV has a reported fee of 0.03%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$48.3Bassets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
+$171Mnet flow, trailing month
1.1Mavg daily volume, 30 days
129holdings · US-domiciled
2013listed July 16, 2013 · beta 0.88
The book at a glance
MSFT-0.2%AAPL+0.9%NVDA+0.9%META-1.6%LLY+0.2%TJX-2.4%V-0.6%LRCX+1.4%XOM-2.5%MA-0.6%AMAT+2.2%JNJ+0.9%KLAC+3.0%GOOGL+1.2%NFLX-2.2%GOOG+0.8%ANET+5.5%ROST-1.7%MRK+0.9%FTNT+0.9%ADP-2.7%COST-1.3%LIN+0.2%WMT-0.8%LMT-1.9%ADBE-4.0%ACN-4.9%PG-0.4%MMM-0.7%GRMN-1.2%KO-1.6%TTWSMGILDITWCMG-1.5%PLD+0.1%CTAS

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

Holdings
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1MSFTMICROSOFT8.00%$531.33-0.2%
2AAPLAPPLE7.41%$347.10+0.9%
3NVDANVIDIA6.09%$217.94+0.9%
4METAMETA4.21%$620.19-1.6%
5LLYELI LILLY4.02%$1281.91+0.2%
6TJXTJX COMPANIES3.63%$140.20-2.4%
7VVISA3.49%$401.86-0.6%
8LRCXLAM RESEARCH2.71%$240.85+1.4%
9XOMEXXON MOBIL2.55%$179.91-2.5%
10MAMASTERCARD2.46%$609.85-0.6%
11AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS2.28%$395.93+2.2%
12JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON2.10%$268.73+0.9%
13KLACKLA1.95%$153.66+3.0%
14GOOGLALPHABET1.83%$320.58+1.2%
15NFLXNETFLIX1.56%$62.52-2.2%

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Sector weights

  • Information Technology36.18%
  • Financials12.42%
  • Health Care9.84%
  • Communication9.62%
  • Consumer Discretionary9.43%
  • Industrials8.65%
  • Consumer Staples4.58%
  • Energy3.68%
  • Utilities2.08%
  • Materials1.81%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Information Technology36.18%
Financials12.42%
Health Care9.84%
Communication9.62%
Consumer Discretionary9.43%
Industrials8.65%
Consumer Staples4.58%
Energy3.68%
Utilities2.08%
Materials1.81%
Performance
1 week-1.3%
1 month-0.2%
3 months+2.7%
6 months+7.6%
YTD+12.4%
1 year+12.0%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$169M
1 month+$171M
3 months+$992M
YTD−$5.5B
1 year−$11.2B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows

  • Inflow / above zero
  • Outflow / below zero
−$874.5MOct−$5.1BNov−$159.7MDec+$970.5MJan−$163.7MFeb−$623.5MMar−$126.7MApr+$95.5MMay−$6.7BJul+$572.8MAug+$64.9MSep+$360.6MOctOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMay−$6.7BJulAugSep+$360.6MOctOctDecFebApr−$6.7BJul+$360.6MOct
Source: Daily creation/redemption records, trailing twelve months
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LabelValue ($)
Oct−$874.5M
Nov−$5.1B
Dec−$159.7M
Jan$970.5M
Feb−$163.7M
Mar−$623.5M
Apr−$126.7M
May$95.5M
Jul−$6.7B
Aug$572.8M
Sep$64.9M
Oct$360.6M
The risk read
7%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
12%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.0%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 8.0% of the book; the top ten carry 45%. Spread across 120+ names, it behaves like roughly 34 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
2calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
585Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
META META$390M$357M
NVDA NVIDIA$231M$235M
AAPL APPLE$181M$199M
GOOGL ALPHABET$176M$129M
MSFT MICROSOFT$118M$120M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against QUAL

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat QUAL on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.6B+$187M-13bp on fee · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$57.9B+$717M-11bp on fee · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.2B+$235M-12bp on fee · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYV State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF0.04%$36B+$208M-11bp on fee · +$208M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.8B+$148M-11bp on fee · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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