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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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QUAL vs XOVR: how they differ

QUAL and XOVR hold 16% of their weight in the same names, and QUAL returned more over the year.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF and ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QUAL and XOVR hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions QUAL and XOVR both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingQUALXOVR
NVIDIA CORPORATION6.52%9.48%
META PLATFORMS, INC.3.50%4.47%
ALPHABET INC.2.54%6.53%
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.1.49%2.31%
MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.0.70%1.77%
APPLOVIN CORPORATION0.67%3.95%
RESMED INC.0.12%1.36%
VEEVA SYSTEMS INC.0.08%3.17%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in QUALOnly in XOVR
APPLE INC. 6.28%Astera Labs Inc 7.75%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.05%Natera Inc 3.70%
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.23%Robinhood Markets Inc 3.56%
THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 3.19%Reddit Inc 2.78%
VISA INC. 3.09%Affirm Holdings Inc 2.64%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 2.92%Axon Enterprise Inc 2.60%
KLA CORPORATION 2.79%Rocket Lab Corp 2.50%
CATERPILLAR INC. 2.52%Mongodb Inc 2.29%

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.

QUAL and XOVR on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
QUAL
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
XOVR
ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesERShares
What it isMSCI USA Quality FactorPrivate-Public Crossover
Total return, 1 year+16.0%0.0%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−1.5 pts−17.5 pts
Expense ratio0.15%0.75%
Already in the S&P 50098.9%43.4%
Holdings12132

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.

XOVR in plain words

XOVR is an index equity fund tracking the Private-Public Crossover. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned 0.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.75% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 43% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 32 positions, with the top ten at 63.1%. It sat 4.2% below its high of Oct 27, 2025 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QUAL or XOVR?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUAL returned +16.0% and XOVR returned 0.0%, so QUAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, QUAL or XOVR?
QUAL charges 0.15% a year and XOVR charges 0.75%, so QUAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QUAL and XOVR overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 99% of QUAL and 43% of XOVR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 16% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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