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iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF QUAL

Issuer: iShares SEC registrant: iShares Trust Equity · US
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Last price 225.69 USD Change: Up +0.47 Percent change: Up +0.21%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.15%
Prospectus 28 Nov 2025
Net assets
$46.5B
As of 31 Jul 2026
Holdings
127
As of 31 Jul 2026
12-month distribution yield
0.84%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL) is an exchange-traded fund listed on Cboe BZX in the United States, issued by iShares. Its category is Equity · US (equity). Its last price was US$225.69 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.15% a year, from its prospectus dated 28 Nov 2025. It reported net assets of US$46.53 billion as of 31 Jul 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 127 holdings as of 31 Jul 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$1.89 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 0.84%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.15%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.15%
Prospectus date
28 Nov 2025
Filed with the SEC
21 Nov 2025

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$46,531,547,421
Total assets
$46,537,415,619
Holdings as of
31 Jul 2026
Report made public
23 Sep 2026 (54 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 127 positions, as of 31 Jul 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

QUAL top holdings as of 31 Jul 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 MICROSOFT CORPORATION US5949181045 7.16% $3.3B Equity (common) United States USD
2 APPLE INC. US0378331005 6.64% $3.1B Equity (common) United States USD
3 NVIDIA CORPORATION US67066G1040 5.85% $2.7B Equity (common) United States USD
4 THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. TJX CO INC US8725401090 3.98% $1.9B Equity (common) United States USD
5 META PLATFORMS, INC. META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A US30303M1027 3.69% $1.7B Equity (common) United States USD
6 ELI LILLY AND COMPANY ELI LILLY CO US5324571083 3.66% $1.7B Equity (common) United States USD
7 LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION US5128073062 3.49% $1.6B Equity (common) United States USD
8 VISA INC. US92826C8394 3.17% $1.5B Equity (common) United States USD
9 APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. US0382221051 3.10% $1.4B Equity (common) United States USD
10 KLA CORPORATION US4824801009 2.47% $1.2B Equity (common) United States USD
11 MASTERCARD INCORPORATED MASTERCARD INC CLASS A US57636Q1040 2.28% $1.1B Equity (common) United States USD
12 EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION US30233Q1085 2.18% $1.0B Equity (common) United States USD
13 JOHNSON & JOHNSON US4781601046 2.06% $959.3M Equity (common) United States USD
14 ALPHABET INC. ALPHABET INC CLASS A US02079K3059 2.05% $954.1M Equity (common) United States USD
15 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B US0846707026 1.84% $858.3M Equity (common) United States USD
16 NETFLIX, INC. US64110L1061 1.71% $797.4M Equity (common) United States USD
17 ALPHABET INC. US02079K1079 1.63% $758.6M Equity (common) United States USD
18 ROSS STORES, INC. US7782961038 1.56% $724.8M Equity (common) United States USD
19 ARISTA NETWORKS, INC. US0404132054 1.38% $642.9M Equity (common) United States USD
20 MERCK & CO., INC. US58933Y1055 1.25% $579.9M Equity (common) United States USD
21 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC. US0530151036 1.18% $548.5M Equity (common) United States USD
22 FORTINET, INC. US34959E1091 1.15% $537.3M Equity (common) United States USD
23 COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION US22160K1051 1.11% $514.9M Equity (common) United States USD
24 LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY NEW LINDE PLC IE000S9YS762 1.01% $471.4M Equity (common) Ireland USD
25 WALMART INC. US9311421039 0.98% $458.0M Equity (common) United States USD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 Jul 2026

All 127 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 99.86%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.11%
Equity derivatives <0.01%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 95.66%
Ireland 2.58%
Switzerland 1.25%
Curaçao 0.29%
Cayman Islands 0.10%
Bermuda 0.10%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 99.97%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Technology 41.02%
Consumer Discretionary 21.61%
Health Care 9.88%
Industrials 8.02%
Finance 4.36%
Energy 3.26%
Utilities 2.16%
Financial Services 2.12%
Telecommunications 1.53%
Consumer Staples 1.42%
Real Estate 1.32%
Basic Materials 1.10%
Technology Services 0.17%
Unknown 0.14%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 98.1% of net assets (98% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.8900
4 payments per unit
12-month yield
0.84%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
15 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($1.8900) ÷ latest price ($225.69) × 100 = 0.84%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (21 payments)
QUAL distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
15 Sep 2026$0.4730
15 Jun 2026$0.3860
17 Mar 2026$0.4200
16 Dec 2025$0.6110
16 Sep 2025$0.4690
16 Jun 2025$0.3880
18 Mar 2025$0.3910
17 Dec 2024$0.5480
25 Sep 2024$0.5430
11 Jun 2024$0.3450
21 Mar 2024$0.3750
28 Dec 2023$0.0970
20 Dec 2023$0.4490
26 Sep 2023$0.5100
7 Jun 2023$0.3850
23 Mar 2023$0.3650
13 Dec 2022$0.4810
26 Sep 2022$0.5300
9 Jun 2022$0.4220
24 Mar 2022$0.3820
13 Dec 2021$0.4070

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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