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CATH vs QUAL: Differences, Returns & Fees

CATH and QUAL hold 43% of their weight in the same names, and QUAL returned +17.1% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.4bn for Global X S&P 500 Catholic Values ETF and $49.0bn for iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF.

QUAL costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points; QUAL is far larger, $49.0bn against $1.4bn.

CATHQUAL
Expense ratio0.29%0.15%
Net assets$1.4bn$49.0bn
Total return, 1 year+14.5%+17.1%
What it tracksS&P 500 Catholic Values IndexMSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index ?
Holdings in common43%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund40.6%45.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+14.5%
CATH total return, 1 year
+17.1%
QUAL total return, 1 year
0.29%
CATH expense ratio
0.15%
QUAL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CATH and QUAL hold 43% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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43% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CATH QUAL
APPLE INC 7.70% 7.14%
NVIDIA CORP 8.70% 6.56%
MICROSOFT CORP 6.23% 7.86%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.37% 4.66%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.09% 1.96%
ALPHABET INC-CL C 2.47% 1.54%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 1.11% 3.17%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.04% 2.31%
WALMART INC 1.04% 0.95%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.88% 1.08%
MASTERCARD INC - A 0.80% 2.23%
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO/THE 0.73% 0.83%
Only in CATH
AMAZON.COM INC 3.87%
BROADCOM INC 2.70%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.82%
TESLA INC 1.62%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.49%
AMGEN INC 1.04%
INTEL CORP 0.82%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A 0.76%
Only in QUAL
ELI LILLY 3.64%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.01%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.80%
MERCK & CO INC 1.33%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 0.81%
COCA-COLA 0.79%
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS 0.43%
WATERS CORP 0.14%

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On the same fields

CATH
Global X S&P 500 Catholic Values ETF
QUAL
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Global X iShares
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor
Total return, 1 year +14.5% +17.1%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.7 pts −0.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 98.9% 97.2%
Holdings 444 119
Net assets $1.4bn $49.0bn

CATH and QUAL on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CATH in plain words

CATH tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 444 positions, with the top ten at 40.6%.

QUAL in plain words

QUAL tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 119 positions, with the top ten at 45.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CATH or QUAL?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CATH returned +14.5% and QUAL +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, CATH or QUAL?
QUAL is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CATH and QUAL overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 99% of CATH and 97% of QUAL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
CATH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CATH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for CATH ↗QUAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QUAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for QUAL ↗

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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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