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BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (ASX: AQLT) - Share Price and Research

- Current share price for AQLT : $32.180

BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) is an Exchange Traded Fund - commonly known as an ETF. For more details about how ETFs work, feel free to check out our What is an ETF? overview. BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) aims to track an index that comprises 40 high quality companies, selected based on three quality metrics - high return on equity, low leverage and relative earnings stability. The fund track the performance of the Solactive Australia Quality Select Index.

AQLT General Information +

ASX Code AQLT
Website http://www.betashares.com.au
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 287
AQLT Share Price $32.180
Day High $32.250
Day Low $32.060
Last Close $32.180
AQLT Share Price Movement - ( No change )
Prices as at 16:40, 4 Dec 2024
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

AQLT Fund Information

Equity Australia Large Blend
S&P/ASX 200 TR AUD
starstarstar
Not Rated
Investment Fund
4 Apr 2022
$324.47 million (as at 3 Dec 2024)

AQLT ETF performance (30 Nov 2024)

NOTE : returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised
  1 Month % 3 Month % 6 Month % 1 Year % p.a. 2 Year % p.a. 3 Year % p.a. 5 Year % p.a. 10 Year % p.a.
Total return 4.46 7.76 16.26 35.9 19.67 - - -
Growth return 4.46 7.76 12.73 29.84 15.28 - - -
Income return (Yield) 0 0 3.53 6.06 4.39 - - -

Market index (S&P/ASX 200 TR AUD)
Total return 3.79 5.47 11.53 23.42 11.9 9.55 8.28 9.08

AQLT Related Research

BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
HFResult 87.96¢ 21% 1 Jul 2024 16 Jul 2024 $32.180 $31.600 -
Result 38.75¢ 86.12% 2 Jan 2024 17 Jan 2024 $32.180 $31.600 -
HFResult 27.03¢ 96.92% 3 Jul 2023 18 Jul 2023 $32.180 $31.600 -

See all dividends from BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) Recent ASX Announcements

Company Sector Market Cap ($m) Headline Release
date/time+		 Price at
release+		 Current
price+		 Gain/Loss View
BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) Financials $287 Units on Issue Disclosure - October 2024 6 Nov 2024 12:07PM $30.670 $32.180 risen by 4.92%
BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) Financials $287 Units on Issue Disclosure - September 2024 4 Oct 2024 12:56PM $30.060 $32.180 risen by 7.05%
BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) Financials $287 Annual Report 27 Sep 2024 4:11PM $30.440 $32.180 risen by 5.72%
BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) Financials $287 Units on Issue Disclosure - August 2024 5 Sep 2024 2:57PM $29.160 $32.180 risen by 10.36%
BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) Financials $287 Units on Issue Disclosure - July 2024 6 Aug 2024 5:34PM $27.880 $32.180 risen by 15.42%
BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) Financials $287 Estimated Annual Distribution Component Information 8 Jul 2024 2:43PM n/a $32.180 n/a

AQLT Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $9.71 $283.20 -15.10% 9.20 126.70 4.90% 45.8%
2023A $2.34 $333.40 -196.00% 7.00 68.30 2.90% 93.6%
2022A -$1.56 -$347.40 0.00% 0.00 16.50 0.70% 93.4%

AQLT Peer Comparison

Company Mkt Cap EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A
BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) $288M -0.1505 0.0000 0.0000 11.3842 0.0000 0.0000 3.93% 0.00% 0.00%
HMC Capital (HMC) $5,159M 0.0191 0.0000 0.0000 59.9712 0.0000 0.0000 0.96% 0.00% 0.00%
Netwealth Group (NWL) $7,427M 0.2382 0.2487 0.2325 88.9736 71.2541 57.8125 0.92% 1.16% 1.41%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group (PNI) $5,460M 0.1667 0.1969 0.1911 53.5385 44.7301 37.5520 1.72% 2.01% 2.40%
Perpetual (PPT) $2,525M -0.1521 0.2241 -0.0452 15.5238 12.6819 13.2823 5.35% 5.90% 5.44%

AQLT Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.00 11.40 1.14 0.00
Market 0.41 13.80 1.10 0.91
Sector 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

AQLT Directors

Name Position Start Date
Mr Edward Sippel Non-Executive Director 5 Mar 2021
Mr Alex Vynokur Non-Executive Director 21 Sep 2009
Mr Jason Gellert Non-Executive Director 5 Mar 2021

BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

There are no directors' trades from BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT). Please use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

AQLT Calendar of Events

Date Event
26 September 2025 Report (Annual)

FAQs about BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT)

BetaShares Australian Quality ETF's (AQLT) current share price is $32.18. This constitutes a price movement of 1.84% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -0.19% below AQLT's 12-month high of $32.24 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $32.18, BetaShares Australian Quality ETF's (AQLT) current share price of $32.18 constitutes a movement of or 0%. BetaShares Australian Quality ETF's (AQLT) share price movement is 1.84% when compared to 7 days ago and is -0.19% below AQLT's 52-week high of $32.24.

BetaShares Australian Quality ETF's (AQLT) 52-week high is $32.24 which was reached on 3 Dec 2024. Relative to this, AQLT's current share price of $32.18 constitutes a -$0.06 or -0.19% drop since that high of $32.24 per AQLT share.

BetaShares Australian Quality ETF's (AQLT) 52-week low is $24.92 which was reached on 7 Dec 2023. Relative to this, AQLT's current share price of $32.18 constitutes a $7.26 or 29.13% gain since that low of $24.92 per AQLT share.

BetaShares Australian Quality ETF's (AQLT) current market capitalisation is $287,488,075. Market capitalisation, sometimes referred to as "market cap", is the total value of a company's or ETF's issued shares or units owned by shareholders or unitholders. Market capitalisation is equal to the market price per share or unit multiplied by the number of shares or units outstanding.

BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) last distribution or dividend was $0.88 per share and was paid on 16 Jul 2024. This last AQLT distribution or dividend included 21% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Jul 2024

Upcoming record date: 2 Jul 2024

Upcoming payment date: 16 Jul 2024

ETFs, such as BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT), pay distributions instead of dividends. The difference is that dividends are declared by companies from part of the profits made during any given year and the company’s management decide the amount of earnings retained verses how much to pay out to investors. An ETF, like BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT), must pay out all realised income. This is a combination of any dividends received plus capital gains realised from the buying and selling of underlying holdings within BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT).


A distribution has three key dates:

Ex-distribution date: Date the distribution value leaves the ETF. This will normally correspond with the ETF unit price dropping in value by the same amount as the distribution.

Record date: Date someone must be on the unit registry to receive the distribution.

Payment date date: Date the distribution is paid to the unit holder.

BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) has a franking level of 45.80%. Franking represents the tax a company has already paid on any profit it distributes to shareholders as a dividend. Only Australian companies pay franking credits therefore you will not see franking on ETFs that invest internationally. For ETFs that are diversified across asset classes, you may see partial franking.

BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT) has a current dividend yield of 4.40% this year. Last year's dividend yield was 2.80%. The dividend yield for AQLT is a ratio that tells you the percentage of BetaShares Australian Quality ETF (AQLT)'s share price that it pays out in dividends each year. The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the annual dividends by the current share price.

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