Performance analysis of VALQ (AMERICAN CENTURY U.S. QUALITY VALUE ETF)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, VALQ has had an average annual return of +15.53%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.77% annual.
Over the past 5 years, VALQ has had an average annual return of +8.86%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14% annual.
Since Jan 16, 2018, VALQ has had an average annual return of +8.92%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14.53% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +5.89% | +10.58% | +16.70% | +13.88% | -7.72% | +27.05% | +0.57% | +24.52% | -10.45% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +3.71% | +1% | -5.86% | +2.79% | +4% | +0.45% | +5.89% | ||||||
| 2025 | +4.12% | -0.53% | -3.39% | -2.78% | +2.62% | +2.89% | -1.06% | +4.18% | +1.31% | -0.31% | +1.89% | +1.50% | +10.58% |
| 2024 | +2.29% | +3.42% | +4.14% | -6.09% | +3.53% | +0.53% | +3.93% | +3.28% | +2.39% | -2.28% | +6.41% | -5.17% | +16.70% |
| 2023 | +4.44% | -3.07% | +0.17% | -0.07% | -3.03% | +7.70% | +1.77% | -0.49% | -3.13% | -2.68% | +7.16% | +5.17% | +13.88% |
| 2022 | -3.26% | -1.29% | +3.51% | -4.10% | +3.09% | -10.05% | +5.82% | -3.64% | -9.71% | +11.17% | +6.94% | -4.08% | -7.72% |
| 2021 | +0.21% | +4.31% | +7.29% | +4.11% | +1.79% | -0.59% | +2.13% | +2.17% | -5.15% | +3.10% | -1.04% | +6.51% | +27.05% |
| 2020 | -2.87% | -9.49% | -16.82% | +10.96% | +4.47% | -0.07% | +3.07% | +4.48% | -2.40% | -2.27% | +11.81% | +3.38% | +0.57% |
| 2019 | +8.19% | +2.83% | +1.11% | +1.84% | -6.92% | +6.27% | +0.80% | -2.29% | +4.59% | +1.35% | +3% | +2.19% | +24.52% |
| 2018 | +0.91% | -3.30% | -2.55% | +1.96% | +0.87% | +0.15% | +2.90% | +2.89% | -0.73% | -5.49% | +0.86% | -8.73% | -10.45% |
Drawdown analysis of VALQ (AMERICAN CENTURY U.S. QUALITY VALUE ETF)
The maximum drawdown for the VALQ was -38.19%, occurring on Mar 23, 2020. Recovery took 200 trading sessions.
Since Jan 16, 2018 VALQ has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 30% or more: 1 time
- 20% or more: 2 times
- 10% or more: 4 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -38.19% | Feb 12, 2020 | 27 | Mar 23, 2020 | 200 | Jan 6, 2021 | 227 |
| -20.20% | Apr 20, 2022 | 113 | Sep 30, 2022 | 300 | Dec 11, 2023 | 413 |
| -18.23% | Sep 20, 2018 | 65 | Dec 24, 2018 | 179 | Sep 11, 2019 | 244 |
| -15.62% | Dec 2, 2024 | 86 | Apr 8, 2025 | 87 | Aug 13, 2025 | 173 |
| -9.44% | Jan 26, 2018 | 10 | Feb 9, 2018 | 131 | Aug 17, 2018 | 141 |
| -8.36% | Jan 4, 2022 | 34 | Feb 23, 2022 | 39 | Apr 20, 2022 | 73 |
| -7.85% | Feb 6, 2026 | 35 | Mar 30, 2026 | 43 | Jun 1, 2026 | 78 |
| -6.61% | Mar 28, 2024 | 23 | May 1, 2024 | 51 | Jul 16, 2024 | 74 |
| -5.70% | Sep 2, 2021 | 19 | Sep 30, 2021 | 31 | Nov 12, 2021 | 50 |
| -5.29% | Nov 15, 2021 | 11 | Dec 1, 2021 | 16 | Dec 23, 2021 | 27 |
| -5.02% | Jul 16, 2024 | 14 | Aug 5, 2024 | 10 | Aug 19, 2024 | 24 |
| -4.62% | Oct 27, 2025 | 18 | Nov 20, 2025 | 5 | Nov 28, 2025 | 23 |
| -4.24% | Jan 17, 2020 | 9 | Jan 31, 2020 | 8 | Feb 12, 2020 | 17 |
| -4.02% | May 10, 2021 | 28 | Jun 18, 2021 | 24 | Jul 23, 2021 | 52 |
| -3.59% | Jan 20, 2021 | 7 | Jan 29, 2021 | 6 | Feb 8, 2021 | 13 |
| -3.47% | Oct 18, 2024 | 9 | Oct 31, 2024 | 5 | Nov 7, 2024 | 14 |
| -3.41% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 9 | Sep 19, 2024 | 13 |
| -3.12% | Oct 3, 2025 | 5 | Oct 10, 2025 | 7 | Oct 21, 2025 | 12 |
| -3.10% | Sep 11, 2019 | 19 | Oct 8, 2019 | 9 | Oct 21, 2019 | 28 |
| -2.99% | Feb 24, 2021 | 6 | Mar 4, 2021 | 2 | Mar 8, 2021 | 8 |
| -2.38% | Jan 15, 2026 | 2 | Jan 20, 2026 | 9 | Feb 2, 2026 | 11 |
| -2.31% | Aug 16, 2021 | 3 | Aug 19, 2021 | 6 | Aug 27, 2021 | 9 |
| -2.23% | Nov 11, 2024 | 4 | Nov 15, 2024 | 5 | Nov 22, 2024 | 9 |
| -2.16% | Mar 22, 2021 | 2 | Mar 24, 2021 | 2 | Mar 26, 2021 | 4 |
| -2.00% | Nov 27, 2019 | 3 | Dec 3, 2019 | 7 | Dec 12, 2019 | 10 |