Which returned more over the last year, AOR or SPHQ?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and SPHQ +14.1%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or SPHQ?

Neither: AOR and SPHQ both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AOR and SPHQ overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 100% of SPHQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AOR vs SPHQ: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to SPHQ's +14.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF, and $18.7bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+14.1%

SPHQ total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.15%

SPHQ expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 6.3 points; SPHQ is 4.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AOR vs SPHQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	SPHQ
Return
Measure	AOR	SPHQ
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	SPHQ
Below its high		6.4%, high on Jun 30, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	SPHQ
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	S&P 500 Quality Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	SPHQ
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$18.7bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	SPHQ
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	43.3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AOR and SPHQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AOR SPHQ

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AOR

ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 35.70%

ISHARES CORE UNIV USD BOND ETF 32.15%

ISHARES CORE MSCI INT DEVEL ETF 17.10%

ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS 6.34%

iShares Core Intl Aggregate Bnd ET 5.81%

ISHARES CORE S&P MID-CAP ETF 1.89%

ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF 0.92%

Only in SPHQ

Mastercard Inc 6.25%

Visa Inc 6.23%

Apple Inc 5.96%

Costco Wholesale Corp 4.24%

GE Vernova Inc 3.81%

Cisco Systems Inc 3.65%

General Electric Co 3.33%

Lam Research Corp 3.32%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Tracks the S&P 500 Quality

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +14.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI +0.4 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 100.0%

Holdings 7 102

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPHQ as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $18.7bn

AOR and SPHQ on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

SPHQ

SPHQ tracks the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 102 positions, with the top ten at 43.3%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or SPHQ?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and SPHQ +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or SPHQ?: Neither: AOR and SPHQ both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AOR and SPHQ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 100% of SPHQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

SPHQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPHQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for SPHQ ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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