Which is cheaper, DRAM or QQQ?

DRAM charges 0.65% a year and QQQ charges 0.18%, so QQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DRAM and QQQ overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 20% of DRAM and 97% of QQQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Are DRAM and QQQ the same kind of fund?

No. DRAM is a thematic ETF and QQQ is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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DRAM vs QQQ: how they differ

DRAM and QQQ are measured over different days, and QQQ charges 0.18% against 0.65%.

Roundhill Memory ETF and Invesco QQQ Trust.

DRAM and QQQ on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	DRAM Roundhill Memory ETF	QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust
Where it sits	Thematic ETF	Core index fund
Issuer	Roundhill	Invesco
What it is	Memory and storage	Nasdaq-100, book from QQQM
Total return, 1 year	+112.9%	+23.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+16.8%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+96.1 pts	+5.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.18%
Already in the S&P 500	20.0%	96.7%
Holdings	13	101

DRAM in plain words

By weight, 20% of DRAM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 97% of the fund across 13 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Apr 2, 2026 the fund returned +112.9% with distributions reinvested against +16.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 96.1 pts. It sits 26.8% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

QQQ in plain words

QQQ is an index equity fund tracking the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +23.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 47.5%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DRAM or QQQ?: DRAM charges 0.65% a year and QQQ charges 0.18%, so QQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DRAM and QQQ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 20% of DRAM and 97% of QQQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
Are DRAM and QQQ the same kind of fund?: No. DRAM is a thematic ETF and QQQ is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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