EQWL vs QUAL: Differences, Returns & Fees
EQWL and QUAL hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and QUAL returned +17.1% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $2.8bn for Invesco S&P 100 Equal Weight ETF and $49.0bn for iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF.
QUAL costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.3 points; QUAL is 17.4 times larger.
| EQWL | QUAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.25% | 0.15% |
| Net assets | $2.8bn | $49.0bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +15.8% | +17.1% |
| What it tracks | Blended - S&P 100 Equal Weight Index | MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index ? |
| Holdings in common | 27% | |
| Holdings dated | Oct 10, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 11.6% | 45.7% |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, EQWL and QUAL hold 27% 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 9, 2026.
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27% in common
On the same fields
EQWL and QUAL on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About EQWL
EQWL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 11.6%.
About QUAL
QUAL tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 119 positions, with the top ten at 45.7%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, EQWL or QUAL?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EQWL returned +15.8% and QUAL +17.1%.
- Which is cheaper, EQWL or QUAL?
- QUAL is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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