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BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (ASX: QUS) - Share Price and Research

- Current share price for QUS : $53.150

BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) 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 S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS, formerly BetaShares FTSE RAFI U.S. 1000 ETF) aims to track the performance of the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index (before fees and expenses). The Index provides exposure to 500 leading listed U.S. companies, with each holding in the index weighted equally.

QUS General Information +

ASX Code QUS
Website http://www.betashares.com.au
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 698
QUS Share Price $53.150
Day High $53.310
Day Low $53.040
Last Close $53.150
QUS Share Price Movement - ( No change )
Prices as at 16:40, 24 Dec 2024
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

QUS Fund Information

Equity North America
MSCI USA NR AUD
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Investment Fund
17 Dec 2014
$748.24 million (as at 13 Dec 2024)

QUS 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 6.95 11.42 16.26 30.34 15.28 11.34 11.87 -
Growth return 6.95 11.42 13.21 26.16 11.76 7.65 6.54 -
Income return (Yield) 0 0 3.05 4.18 3.52 3.69 5.33 -

Market index (MSCI USA NR AUD)
Total return 6.8 12.11 17.91 36.23 25.08 - 16.15 15.83

QUS Related Research

BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
HFResult $1.23 0% 1 Jul 2024 16 Jul 2024 $53.150 $53.460 -
Result 26.77¢ 0% 2 Jan 2024 17 Jan 2024 $53.150 $53.460 -
HFResult $1.01 0% 3 Jul 2023 18 Jul 2023 $53.150 $53.460 -

See all dividends from BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) Recent ASX Announcements

Company Sector Market Cap ($m) Headline Release
date/time+		 Price at
release+		 Current
price+		 Gain/Loss View
BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) Financials $698 Distribution Timetable 23 Dec 2024 6:07PM $53.110 $53.150 risen by 0.08%
BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) Financials $698 Units on Issue Disclosure - November 2024 5 Dec 2024 11:39AM $54.250 $53.150 fallen by 2.03%
BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) Financials $698 Units on Issue Disclosure - October 2024 6 Nov 2024 12:07PM $51.170 $53.150 risen by 3.87%
BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) Financials $698 Units on Issue Disclosure - September 2024 4 Oct 2024 12:56PM $48.590 $53.150 risen by 9.38%
BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) Financials $698 Annual Report 27 Sep 2024 4:13PM $48.590 $53.150 risen by 9.38%
BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) Financials $698 Units on Issue Disclosure - August 2024 5 Sep 2024 2:57PM $48.100 $53.150 risen by 10.50%

QUS Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $27.54 $328.50 -47.70% 13.70 149.80 3.30% 0.0%
2023A $31.33 $628.40 -852.10% 6.60 125.90 3.10% 0.0%
2022A -$3.91 -$83.60 -112.60% 0.00 156.20 3.70% 0.0%

QUS 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
HMC Capital (HMC) $4,206M 0.0191 0.0000 0.0000 48.8974 0.0000 0.0000 1.18% 0.00% 0.00%
Insignia Financial (IFL) $2,401M 0.6567 -0.2226 0.0203 7.5400 9.6993 9.5061 2.60% 2.23% 6.70%
Netwealth Group (NWL) $7,025M 0.2382 0.2487 0.2325 84.1642 67.4025 54.6875 0.98% 1.23% 1.49%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group (PNI) $5,190M 0.1667 0.1969 0.1911 50.3297 42.0492 35.3014 1.83% 2.14% 2.55%
BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) $698M -0.4773 0.0000 0.0000 16.1684 0.0000 0.0000 2.82% 0.00% 0.00%

QUS Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.00 16.20 1.16 0.00
Market 0.29 13.70 1.08 0.86
Sector 0.29 13.10 1.05 0.74

QUS Directors

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

BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

There are no directors' trades from BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS). Please use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

FAQs about BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS)

BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF's (QUS) current share price is $53.15. This constitutes a price movement of 0.58% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -2.10% below QUS's 12-month high of $54.29 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $53.15, BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF's (QUS) current share price of $53.15 constitutes a movement of or 0%. BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF's (QUS) share price movement is -0.58% when compared to 7 days ago and is -2.10% below QUS's 52-week high of $54.29.

BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF's (QUS) 52-week high is $54.29 which was reached on 9 Dec 2024. Relative to this, QUS's current share price of $53.15 constitutes a -$1.14 or -2.10% drop since that high of $54.29 per QUS share.

BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF's (QUS) 52-week low is $44.19 which was reached on 4 Jan 2024. Relative to this, QUS's current share price of $53.15 constitutes a $8.96 or 20.28% gain since that low of $44.19 per QUS share.

BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF's (QUS) current market capitalisation is $698,139,919. 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 S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) last distribution or dividend was $1.23 per share and was paid on 16 Jul 2024. This last QUS distribution or dividend included 0% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Jul 2024

Upcoming record date: 2 Jul 2024

Upcoming payment date: 16 Jul 2024

ETFs, such as BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS), 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 S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS), 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 S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS).


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 S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) has a franking level of 0%. 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 S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS) has a current dividend yield of 3.10% this year. Last year's dividend yield was 2.90%. The dividend yield for QUS is a ratio that tells you the percentage of BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (QUS)'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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