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Fidelity Quality Factor ETF

$84.56+0.50% today
718552-WK

The fund normally invests at least 80% of assets in securities included in the Fidelity U.S. Quality Factor Index?, which is designed to reflect the performance of stocks of large and mid-capitalization U.S. companies with a higher quality profile than the broader market. It may lend securities to earn income for the fund.

Price & daily flows
82.378.173.984.56DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +11.8% so far this year. At 0.15% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ITDG runs the same ground at 0.11%.

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

$1Bassets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
40Kavg daily volume, 30 days
129holdings · US-domiciled
2016listed September 15, 2016 · beta 0.86
Performance
1 week-0.7%
1 month+4.1%
3 months+4.8%
6 months+10.3%
YTD+11.8%
1 year+16.3%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
10%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
11%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
10Kshares traded
The case against FQAL

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-11bp on fee · 32× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-11bp on fee · 27× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
ILCG iShares Morningstar Growth ETF0.04%$3.3B+$7M-11bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$7M in over the monthHead-to-head
VUG Vanguard Growth Index Fund0.04%$135.5B-11bp on fee · 130× the assetsHead-to-head
VTV Vanguard Value Index Fund0.04%$125.5B-11bp on fee · 120× the assetsHead-to-head
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