American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF (QGRO)
| Assets | $1.28B |
| Expense Ratio | 0.29% |
| PE Ratio | 31.67 |
| Shares Out | 13.25M |
| Dividend (ttm) | $0.28 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.29% |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Payout Ratio | 9.05% |
| 1-Year Return | +22.63% |
| Volume | 187,124 |
| Open | 97.89 |
| Previous Close | 97.28 |
| Day's Range | 97.89 - 98.67 |
| 52-Week Low | 78.11 |
| 52-Week High | 109.93 |
| Beta | 1.12 |
| Holdings | 191 |
| Inception Date | Sep 10, 2018 |
About QGRO
Fund Home PageThe American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF (QGRO) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap US stocks screened for growth and quality factors. Holdings are weighted based on a growth score. QGRO was launched on Sep 10, 2018 and is issued by American Century Investments.
Top 10 Holdings
29.95% of assets| Name | Symbol | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Booking Holdings Inc. | BKNG | 3.68% |
| Netflix, Inc. | NFLX | 3.56% |
| The TJX Companies, Inc. | TJX | 3.22% |
| Eli Lilly and Company | LLY | 3.15% |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | PANW | 3.06% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | META | 3.02% |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | UBER | 2.66% |
| Spotify Technology S.A. | SPOT | 2.64% |
| The Progressive Corporation | PGR | 2.57% |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | BSX | 2.39% |
Dividends
| Ex-Dividend | Amount | Pay Date |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2025 | $0.0919 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | $0.0204 | Dec 19, 2024 |
| Sep 23, 2024 | $0.0751 | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Jun 24, 2024 | $0.0917 | Jun 26, 2024 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | $0.0623 | Mar 25, 2024 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | $0.0689 | Dec 21, 2023 |
News
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QGRO: Sophisticated Growth ETF With Average Return
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QGRO: Diversification Has Not Been An Advantage For This Quality Growth ETF
Historical returns of growth funds are impressive, but QGRO's lower exposure to mega-caps has led to mixed performance and underperformance relative to top growth ETFs. QGRO's diversified portfolio fo...
QGRO ETF: At The Intersection Of Quality And Growth
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QGRO: Not Enough Differentiation
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QGRO: New Index, New Quality, And Growth Opportunity
QGRO's index changed effective May 31, 2023, and has held up reasonably well since against large/all-cap growth ETF alternatives like VUG, SCHG, and QQQ. With 10% allocated to Magnificent Seven stocks...
QGRO: Growth And Quality Fund Worth Shortlisting, But Not A Buy Now
QGRO leverages an index-based quality- and growth-centered strategy. It is overweight in the IT, consumer discretionary, and health care sectors. Information technology, together with energy, is the m...
One ETF Hoping to ‘Grow' as Spring Nears
Bloomberg's Katie Greifeld digs into the American Century STOXX US Quality Growth ETF (ticker: QGRO). The fund, for the most part, consists of large cap US companies from the STOXX USA 900 Index.