Key Highlights

  • The fund tracks the Solactive Australia Quality Select Index and holds 40 companies.
  • Healthcare holds 18.18% against 6.56% for the category, and Basic Materials 10.33% against 25.65%.
  • The management fee is 0.35% and the fund size is $1.52 billion.
  • The July 2026 distribution of $0.971 is higher than the $0.786 paid in July 2025.

Betashares Australian Quality ETF (ASX:AQLT) aims to provide an investment return that tracks the performance of the Solactive Australia Quality Select Index, before fees and expenses. The fund was admitted to the ASX on 6 April 2022 and last traded at $35.28 on 13 October 2026. It reports a fund size of $1.52 billion. The issuer notes there is no assurance the fund will meet its investment objective.

Detail

Information

Ticker

ASX:AQLT

Fund

Betashares Australian Quality ETF

Category

Equity Australia Large Blend

Benchmark

Solactive Aus Quality Select TR AUD

Fund size

$1.52 billion

Management fee

0.35%

Total holdings

40

ASX admission date

6 April 2022

Top holdings

The ten largest positions represent 48.74% of the fund. CSL leads at 8.84%, followed by Wesfarmers (5.94%), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (5.14%), Telstra Group (5.05%) and BHP Group (4.94%). National Australia Bank holds 4.46%, ANZ Group 3.85%, Westpac 3.82%, Macquarie Group 3.48% and Woodside Energy 3.15%.

Stocks represent 100% of the fund.

Sector and market capitalisation

Financial Services holds 34.02% against 30.14% for the category and Healthcare 18.18% against 6.56%. Consumer Cyclical is 12.76% against 7.27%, and Technology 9.17% against 3.34%. Basic Materials is 10.33% against 25.65%, and Real Estate has no weighting against 6.08%.

Companies above $1 billion in market capitalisation represent 89.68% and those between $500 million and $1 billion 10.32%. Australia accounts for 92.83% of the fund.

Fee, risk and distributions

The management fee is 0.35% a year. The fund reports a beta of 0.89 and a standard deviation of 10.00. The final distribution of $0.971 per unit had an ex-date of 1 July 2026, a record date of 2 July and payment on 16 July, equal to an annual yield of 4.07%.

That is higher than the $0.468 paid in January 2026, $0.786 in July 2025, $0.371 in January 2025 and $0.879 in July 2024.

Category classification and liquidity

Morningstar places the fund in the Equity Australia Large Blend category, which covers funds investing primarily in large Australian companies, defined as stocks in the top 70% of the Australian equity market by capitalisation, with the blend style applied where neither growth nor value characteristics dominate.

Liquidity indicators add a further view. There are 43,062,710 units on issue, and average daily trading volume is 80,422 units. Over the five sessions from 7 to 13 October 2026, daily volume ranged from 43,100 to 83,200 units, with 54,567 recorded on 13 October while the market was still open. The bid-offer range stood at $35.26 to $35.50, and the day range at $35.17 to $35.40. These figures change through the trading day and reflect market activity rather than the fund's holdings.

Recent announcements

The issuer lodged the Units on Issue Disclosure for September 2026 on 6 October and the Annual Report on 25 September. Estimated Annual Distribution Component Information was published on 8 July.

Closing Perspective

AQLT concentrates on 40 Australian companies, with sector tilts away from Basic Materials and towards Healthcare. The 0.35% fee is higher than for broad ASX 200 funds, and the July distribution of $0.971 was the highest of the five periods listed. These facts describe the fund only.