JPMorgan US Quality Factor ETF earns a High Process Pillar rating.
The main driver of the rating is that this fund tracks an index. Historical data, like Morningstar's Active/Passive Barometer, finds that passively managed funds have generally outperformed their active counterparts, especially over longer time horizons. Noteworthy risk-adjusted performance also influences the rating. This can be seen in the fund's five-year alpha calculated relative to the category index, which suggests that the managers have shown skill in their allocation of risk. The parent firm's five-year risk-adjusted success ratio of 56% supports the rating. The measure indicates the percentage of a firm's funds that survived and beat their respective category's median Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return for the period. Their noteworthy success ratio suggests that this firm does well for investors and that this fund may benefit from that.
This strategy skews toward smaller, higher-growth companies compared with its average peer in the Large Blend Morningstar Category. Analyzing additional factors, the fund has held stocks with higher trading volumes compared to Morningstar Category Peers in the past few years. More-liquid assets contribute to more-flexible exit strategies without price changes and tend to be a ballast during market selloffs. For example, if the portfolio faces successive redemptions in a short period of time, it will be less likely to experience a significant loss. In recent months, the strategy was more exposed to the Liquidity factor compared with its Morningstar Category peers as well. This strategy has also displayed a tendency to hold more companies with high dividend or buyback yields than peers over recent years. High-yield stocks tend to be associated with more mature, profitable businesses that can grow as well as provide a stream of income. Such stocks could suffer, however, if setbacks force them to cut their dividends. Compared with category peers, the strategy also had more exposure to the Yield factor in the most recent month. In addition, this strategy has exhibited a tilt toward higher-volatility stocks in these years, meaning companies that have a higher historical standard deviation of returns compared with peers. Such stocks tend to rise faster and fall harder than the broad market. High-volatility exposure contributes to stronger performance during bull markets, but often at the cost of losing more during downturns. In this month, the strategy also had more exposure to the Volatility factor over its peers. More information on a fund and its respective category's factor exposure can be found in the Factor Profile module within the Portfolio section.
The portfolio has allocations in its top two sectors, technology and consumer cyclical, that are similar to the category. The sectors with low exposure compared to category peers are communication services and industrials; however, the allocations are similar to the category. The portfolio is composed of 261 holdings and its assets are more dispersed than the typical peer in the category. In the most recent disclosure, 19.8% of the fund’s assets were concentrated in the top 10 fund holdings, compared to the category’s 49.5% average. And finally, in terms of portfolio turnover, this fund trades more frequently than its average peer, potentially racking up additional expenses for investors and creating a drag on performance.