IQSM: ESG And Quality Don't Always Align
IQSM offers exposure to 220 mid-cap stocks that have passed a proprietary ESG screening system. Its expense ratio is 0.15% and the ETF has $234 million in assets under management. IQSM has a slight growth lean, evidenced by higher estimated sales and earnings growth rates and higher valuation ratios. The ETF currently trades at 17.75x forward earnings. However, IQSM has consistently experienced larger drawdowns than SPMD, a broad-based ETF tracking the S&P MidCap 400 Index.
