Betashares Australian Quality ETF (ASX:AQLT): Healthcare Exposure Sets Apart the Australian Equity Mix

Sonal Goyal

02 October 2026 12:26 PM AEST

Betashares Australian Quality ETF (ASX:AQLT): Healthcare Exposure Sets Apart the Australian Equity Mix

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Key Highlights

The portfolio reports financial services exposure of 34.02%.
The leading disclosed holding entry is CSL Limited at 8.84%.
The reported management fee is 0.35%.
The final distribution record lists AUD 0.971 per unit.

Betashares Australian Quality ETF (ASX:AQLT) aims to track the Solactive Australia Quality Select Index before fees and expenses. Its objective is implemented through an index-based strategy, and the reported portfolio contains 40 companies.

Investment Mandate

The stated objective does not assure that the fund will achieve its intended result. Its reported composition is led by financial services, healthcare and consumer cyclical exposure. These allocations describe the holdings mix without making claims about the subsequent earnings or market results of the constituent companies.

Sector Composition

The largest reported sector weights are financial services at 34.02%, healthcare at 18.18% and consumer cyclical at 12.76%. Basic Materials represents 10.33%, Technology represents 9.17% and Communication Services represents 7.23%. These figures describe the sector allocation in the supplied portfolio record.

Financial Services represents 34.02% of the fund, above the category figure of 30.14%; Real Estate represents 0.00% of the fund, below the category figure of 6.08%. These comparisons are differences between the fund and its category, rather than increases or declines over time. The record does not provide a dated sequence of sector weights from which an allocation trend could be established.

Geographic and Asset Allocation

The geographic table assigns 92.83% to Australia. The next reported allocations are United States at 3.26%, China at 2.07% and New Zealand at 1.84%. The asset-class record lists 100.00% in stocks and 0.00% in cash, with 0.00% in bonds. Geographic and asset-class percentages describe different aspects of the portfolio and should be read separately.

Leading Holdings

The leading disclosed holding entries are CSL Limited at 8.84%, Wesfarmers Limited at 5.94% and Commonwealth Bank Of Australia at 5.14%. Each percentage is the reported weight of the individual holding, rather than a measure of its earnings or share-price movement.

Other disclosed positions include Telstra Group Limited at 5.05%, BHP Group Limited at 4.94%, National Australia Bank Limited at 4.46% and ANZ Group Holdings Limited at 3.85%. The reported total holding count is 40 companies. The selected entries describe part of that portfolio and do not exhaust the remaining holdings.

Management Fee and Distribution

The reported management fee is 0.35%. The distribution record identifies a final distribution amount of AUD 0.971 per unit, with an ex-distribution date of 01 Jul 2026, a record date of 02 Jul 2026 and a payment date of 16 Jul 2026. The amount relates to the specified distribution and does not establish the size of subsequent payments. The fee and distribution are separate financial fields and should not be treated as interchangeable measures.

Key Takeaways

Betashares Australian Quality ETF (ASX:AQLT) combines its stated investment framework with reported exposure to financial services. The holdings and allocation fields describe the portfolio’s composition, while the 0.35% management fee and final distribution record provide separate cost and payment details. These records do not establish changes in company earnings or guarantee future distributions.

FAQs

Q: What is the ASX ticker for Betashares Australian Quality ETF?

A: The fund trades under the ticker AQLT, written as Betashares Australian Quality ETF (ASX:AQLT).

Q: What investment approach does the fund describe?

A: The fund aims to track the Solactive Australia Quality Select Index before fees and expenses.

Q: What is the reported management fee?

A: The management fee is reported as 0.35%.

Q: Which holdings lead the disclosed list?

A: CSL Limited at 8.84% and Wesfarmers Limited at 5.94% are the first two entries.

Q: What distribution amount is recorded?

A: The final distribution amount is recorded as AUD 0.971 per unit, with payment dated 16 Jul 2026.

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