Xtrackers Russell 1000 US Quality at a Reasonable Price ETF

Xtrackers Russell 1000 US Quality at a Reasonable Price ETF (QARP) is an index fund from DWS. It tracks the Russell 1000 2Qual/Val 5% Capped Factor Index, which holds large US companies picked for strong profits and low debt ("quality") and modest prices ("value"). Its 0.19% expense ratio is above the 0.12% average for similar funds. With about $78 million in net assets as of August 31, 2026, it is the smallest fund in its peer group.

• Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, QARP returned +19.4%, 2nd of 9 among similar funds.
• Its 5-year annualized return was +12.2%.
• In the 2020 COVID crash it fell 35.4% and regained its old high 5.1 months after the low.
• Its worst full calendar year was 2022 (-14.6%); its best was 2021 (+31.8%).
• The deepest fall in its price history was 35.4% (Feb 19, 2020 to Mar 23, 2020), recovered by Aug 24, 2020.

As of Aug 31, 2026, the fund held 414 securities; the ten largest made up 30.45% of assets.

By sector

• Over the three months to Aug 31, 2026, investors withdrew a net $7K (creations minus redemptions, per the N-PORT report).
• Monthly total returns reported for that quarter: -0.44%, +2.64%, +2.44%.

QARP follows the Russell 1000 2Qual/Val 5% Capped Factor Index, built by the index provider Frank Russell Company. The index starts with the Russell 1000 Index, a list of large US companies. It then scores each company on two "factors," or investment traits. The quality score looks at debt and profitability, such as return on assets. The value score looks at valuation ratios, such as cash-flow yield and earnings yield, to find stocks that look cheap compared with the business behind them.

Each company's weight depends on how strongly it shows both traits, and quality counts double. Companies that don't show meaningful signs of both traits are left out. As of October 31, 2025, the index held 349 stocks with an average market value of about $134 billion. It rebalances once a year, in June, and the fund's portfolio turnover was 19%.

The fund is passive. It generally buys every stock in the index at the index's weight, and it keeps at least 80% of its assets in index stocks. It can still be concentrated. As of August 31, 2026, Apple (5.1%) and Microsoft (4.9%) were its largest holdings, the top 10 made up about 30% of assets, and technology was the biggest sector at 21%.

• QARP charges 0.19% a year, versus an average of 0.12% for the similar funds below (6th of 9, cheapest first).
• Using the prospectus's standard example, $10,000 invested would cost about $19 in the first year and $243 over 10 years (assuming a 5% annual return).

It holds hundreds of large US companies across all major sectors, with a tilt toward profitable, reasonably priced stocks.

With about 414 large US stocks, QARP could serve as a core stock holding that leans toward profitable, reasonably priced companies. It launched in April 2018, so it has no record from the 2008 crisis. In the 2020 COVID crash it fell 35.4% from February 19 to March 23, 2020, and recovered about five months after that low. In the 2022 bear market it dropped 22.5% and took about 9.6 months to recover from its September 30, 2022 low. Its worst calendar year was 2022, at −14.6%. Anyone who sold shares for spending money during those stretches would have sold at low prices.

Its income is modest. The trailing yield was 1.0% as of October 27, 2026, paid quarterly. In the SEC's standard example, costs come to about $19 in the first year on $10,000. Past results don't predict the future, and a plan should look at the whole portfolio, not one fund.

Matched by holdings overlap from the latest N-PORT reports.