Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
QQQ vs VTI
Invesco QQQ Trust and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, QQQ and VTI hold 48% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | QQQ | VTI |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. | 8.16% | 6.37% |
| Apple Inc. | 7.29% | 5.88% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 5.32% | 3.84% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 4.62% | 3.19% |
| Alphabet Inc. | 3.52% | 2.90% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 3.37% | 2.48% |
| Alphabet Inc. | 3.26% | 2.29% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 4.80% | 1.80% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 2.97% | 1.71% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 3.46% | 1.64% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 3.70% | 1.31% |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 1.57% | 0.80% |
| Only in QQQ | Only in VTI |
|---|---|
| Honeywell International Inc. 0.66% | Eli Lilly & Co 1.41% |
| Shopify Inc. 0.64% | Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.25% |
| ASML Holding N.V. 0.62% | JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.12% |
| MercadoLibre, Inc. 0.38% | Johnson & Johnson 0.85% |
| NXP Semiconductors N.V. 0.36% | Exxon Mobil Corp 0.79% |
| PDD Holdings Inc. 0.25% | Visa Inc 0.77% |
| ARM Holdings PLC 0.22% | Caterpillar Inc 0.68% |
| Ferrovial N.V. 0.21% | AbbVie Inc 0.62% |
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 as filed for Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust | VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core fund | Core fund |
| Issuer | Invesco | Vanguard |
| What it is | Nasdaq-100, book from QQQM | US total market |
| Total return, 1 year | +25.6% | +20.0% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +5.6 pts | +0.0 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.18% | 0.03% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 96.7% | 88.3% |
| Holdings | 101 | 3531 |
QQQ in plain words
QQQ is a index equity fund tracking Nasdaq-100, book from QQQM. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +25.6% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% 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 3.5% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 4, 2026.
VTI in plain words
VTI is a index equity fund tracking US total market. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3531 positions, with the top ten at 32.1%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, QQQ or VTI?
- In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQQ returned +25.6% and VTI returned +20.0%, so QQQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, QQQ or VTI?
- QQQ charges 0.18% a year and VTI charges 0.03%, so VTI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do QQQ and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 97% of QQQ and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 48% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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