Which returned more over the last year, QUAL or SPSB?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUAL returned +16.0% and SPSB returned +2.5%, so QUAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, QUAL or SPSB?

QUAL charges 0.15% a year and SPSB charges 0.04%, so SPSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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QUAL vs SPSB: how they differ

QUAL and SPSB hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and QUAL returned more over the year.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QUAL and SPSB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in QUAL	Only in SPSB
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.52%	SALESFORCE INC 0.59%
APPLE INC. 6.28%	AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA 0.46%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.05%	BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.44%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.50%	CITIGROUP INC 0.44%
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.23%	MORGAN STANLEY 0.40%
THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 3.19%	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.39%
VISA INC. 3.09%	PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.39%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 2.92%	SPRINT CAPITAL CORP 0.39%

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.

QUAL and SPSB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF	SPSB State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	State Street
What it is	MSCI USA Quality Factor	SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+16.0%	+2.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−1.5 pts	−15.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.04%
Holdings	121	1599

QUAL in plain words

QUAL is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +16.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% 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 121 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

SPSB in plain words

SPSB is a bond fund tracking the SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QUAL or SPSB?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUAL returned +16.0% and SPSB returned +2.5%, so QUAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, QUAL or SPSB?: QUAL charges 0.15% a year and SPSB charges 0.04%, so SPSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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QUAL against SPSB, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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