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

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MOAT vs RSP: how they differ

MOAT and RSP hold 9% of their weight in the same names, and RSP returned more over the year.

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF and Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, MOAT and RSP hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions MOAT and RSP both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingMOATRSP
Amazon.com Inc1.33%0.24%
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc1.70%0.24%
Broadcom Inc2.43%0.24%
Blackstone Inc1.28%0.23%
Masco Corp2.96%0.22%
Applied Materials Inc2.34%0.22%
Mondelez International Inc2.34%0.21%
Amphenol Corp1.50%0.21%
Palo Alto Networks Inc2.51%0.21%
US Bancorp1.39%0.21%
NVIDIA Corp2.45%0.21%
Brown-Forman Corp2.49%0.20%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in MOATOnly in RSP
Veeva Systems Inc 2.41%Intel Corp. 0.38%
LPL Financial Holdings Inc 2.30%Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.34%
Entegris Inc 1.73%Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 0.33%
NXP Semiconductors NV 1.60%ON Semiconductor Corp. 0.33%
MercadoLibre Inc 1.28%Sandisk Corp. 0.32%
Guidewire Software Inc 1.18%Western Digital Corp. 0.31%
TransUnion 1.16%Ciena Corp. 0.30%
MarketAxess Holdings Inc 0.73%Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 0.29%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

MOAT and RSP on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
MOAT
VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF
RSP
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerVanEckInvesco
What it isMorningstar Wide MoatS&P 500 equal weight
Total return, 1 year+11.3%+14.8%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−6.2 pts−2.7 pts
Expense ratio0.46%0.20%
Already in the S&P 50091.6%99.1%
Holdings55503

MOAT in plain words

MOAT is an index equity fund tracking the Morningstar Wide Moat. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +11.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.46% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 55 positions, with the top ten at 25.3%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Aug 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

RSP in plain words

RSP is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 equal weight. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 503 positions, with the top ten at 3.2%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MOAT or RSP?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MOAT returned +11.3% and RSP returned +14.8%, so RSP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, MOAT or RSP?
MOAT charges 0.46% a year and RSP charges 0.20%, so RSP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do MOAT and RSP overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 92% of MOAT and 99% of RSP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 9% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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