QGRO: Solid Factor Mix Overshadowed By Underdelivery This Year; Hold Rating Maintained
American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF is rated Hold, as strong GARP and quality characteristics of its portfolio are overshadowed by its underperformance versus peers and the market. While having an appealing growth and quality premise, QGRO has lagged leading growth ETFs like IWF, SCHG, and QQQM, as well as IVV, year-to-date. The fund has also underperformed IVV and the growth-focused ETFs since the strategy change in May 2023.
Is American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF (QGRO) a Strong ETF Right Now?
Launched on 09/10/2018, the American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF (QGRO) is a smart beta exchange traded fund offering broad exposure to the Style Box - All Cap Growth category of the market.
Leaning Into Growth, Wisely
Lean into growth, but diversify. That was an interesting midyear market call I heard this week, and one that rang slightly surprising — and, yet, not surprising at all.
Growth, Value ETFs QGRO & VALQ Update Their Holdings
Investors are always on the look out for signals in the market, windows into the minds of asset managers. Index ETF rebalancing provides perhaps the strongest data points that one can get outside of big market shifts.
American Century's Testani on How to Beat Concentration Risk
This week's Investment Company Institute (ICI) saw industry leaders come together to take on all sorts of topics before the ETF industry, including how to navigate one of the biggest ongoing risks to portfolios, concentration risk.
Is American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF (QGRO) a Strong ETF Right Now?
Designed to provide broad exposure to the Style Box - All Cap Growth category of the market, the American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF (QGRO) is a smart beta exchange traded fund launched on 09/10/2018.
Top Articles During Week of April 12 Focus on ETF Holdings
Top articles during the week of April 12 ran the gamut in terms of subject matter, but mainly dug into the inner workings of key ETFs.
QGRO Can Deliver Healthy Risk-Adjusted Returns In 2026
American Century US Quality Growth ETF offers investors exposure to growth while prioritizing risk-adjusted returns over momentum chasing. QGRO dynamically allocates between high-growth and stable growers, rebalancing monthly and fully reconstituting quarterly to adapt to market conditions. QGRO has the potential to deliver 20% in annual return in 2026.
Which Stocks Are Driving Results in Quality Growth ETF QGRO?
Quality views can sometimes prove a key differentiator for ETFs and mutual funds. By adding that lens, funds can separate the wheat from the chaff and bring some strongest securities to the fore.
Is American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF (QGRO) a Strong ETF Right Now?
Designed to provide broad exposure to the Style Box - All Cap Growth category of the market, the American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF (QGRO) is a smart beta exchange traded fund launched on 09/10/2018.
This Quality Growth ETF Just Rebalanced: See What Rose & Fell
Advisors know that their clients often want to have tier cake and eat it, too. Investors want their growth exposures, but they also want strategies that can prove their worth even in periods of uncertainty.
Could Quality Stocks Be the Key to Unlocking the 2026 Equities Outlook?
Uncertainty is evergreen when it comes to investing. Some years, however, it's a bigger factor than others, with 2026 already defined by geopolitical and policy twists and turns.
