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Global Quality Leaders ETF

About this ETF

QLTY aims to track an index (before fees and expenses) that comprises 150 global companies (ex-Australia) ranked by highest quality score.

IssuerBetaShares
Management fee (MER)0.35% p.a.
Inception date5 Nov 2018

Scout Score

57/100
Ranked #28 of 76 in International Shares

An independent score calculated by ETF Scout across 7 real-data factors (cost, diversification, tracking, liquidity, fund strength, performance, income), ranked against other funds in the same category.

Cost65
Diversification37
Tracking63
Liquidity82
Fund Strength67
Performance37
Income51

Strengths

  • Highly liquid — 0.06% bid/ask spread, better than 82% of International Shares peers.

Weaknesses

No notable weaknesses found relative to category peers.

Performance (as of 5 Nov 2026)

Total returns, net of fees. Periods longer than 1 year are annualised.

1 Month-2.93%
3 Months+0.46%
YTD+2.67%
1 Year+1.75%
3 Years (p.a.)+14.46%
5 Years (p.a.)+8.82%

Price history

Cumulative return over the selected period, indexed to 0% at the start of the range.

-31%-12%+7%+26%+45%2021-112023-022024-052025-082026-11

Geographic exposure (as at 4 Nov 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

United States flagUnited States
76.90%
Japan flagJapan
8.73%
Netherlands flagNetherlands
5.47%
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
2.36%
France flagFrance
1.81%
Hong Kong flagHong Kong
1.04%
United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
0.87%
Spain flagSpain
0.66%
Sweden flagSweden
0.52%
Canada flagCanada
0.36%
Germany flagGermany
0.36%
Finland flagFinland
0.29%
Italy flagItaly
0.18%
Singapore flagSingapore
0.12%
China flagChina
0.09%
Mexico flagMexico
0.05%
Poland flagPoland
0.04%
Denmark flagDenmark
0.02%

Sector breakdown (as at 4 Nov 2026)

How your portfolio's holdings are spread across GICS sectors.

Information Technology
34.77%
Communication Services
13.74%
Financials
12.88%
Health Care
11.65%
Consumer Staples
9.35%
Industrials
8.77%
Consumer Discretionary
8.09%
Materials
0.40%
Energy
0.22%

Top holdings (as of 4 Nov 2026)

The fund's largest individual holdings, ranked by portfolio weight.

  1. 1.Visa Inc logoVisa Inc5.89%
  2. 2.Microsoft Corp logoMicrosoft Corp5.59%
  3. 3.Johnson & Johnson logoJohnson & Johnson5.14%
  4. 4.Meta Platforms Inc logoMeta Platforms Inc4.84%
  5. 5.ASML Holding NV logoASML Holding NV4.34%
  6. 6.Alphabet Inc logoAlphabet Inc4.31%
  7. 7.Costco Wholesale Corp logoCostco Wholesale Corp4.16%
  8. 8.Palantir Technologies Inc logoPalantir Technologies Inc3.54%
  9. 9.Procter & Gamble Co/the logoProcter & Gamble Co/the3.48%
  10. 10.Cisco Systems Inc logoCisco Systems Inc3.32%
  11. 11.Applied Materials Inc logoApplied Materials Inc2.63%
  12. 12.Lam Research Corp logoLam Research Corp2.48%
  13. 13.Netflix Inc logoNetflix Inc2.48%
  14. 14.Arista Networks Inc logoArista Networks Inc1.72%
  15. 15.Qualcomm Inc logoQualcomm Inc1.63%
  16. 16.Intuitive Surgical Inc logoIntuitive Surgical Inc1.53%
  17. 17.Accenture plc logoAccenture plc1.45%
  18. 18.Tjx Cos Inc/the1.43%
  19. 19.Recruit Holdings Co Ltd logoRecruit Holdings Co Ltd1.38%
  20. 20.Sony Group Corp logoSony Group Corp1.33%