FELC vs QUAL: Differences, Returns & Fees
FELC and QUAL hold 35% of their weight in the same names, and FELC returned +19.2% over the year. Net assets: $8.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Core ETF, and $49.0bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF.
QUAL costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.1 points; QUAL is 5.5 times larger.
| FELC | QUAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.18% | 0.15% |
| Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 | $8.6bn | $47.7bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +19.2% | +17.1% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index ? |
| Holdings in common | 35% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 38.4% | 45.7% |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FELC and QUAL hold 35% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.
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35% in common
On the same fields
FELC and QUAL on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About FELC
FELC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 252 positions, with the top ten at 38.4%.
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, FELC or QUAL?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FELC returned +19.2% and QUAL +17.1%.
- Which is cheaper, FELC or QUAL?
- QUAL is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 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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