FLQM vs IVOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

FLQM and IVOO hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and IVOO returned +13.6% over the year. Net assets: $1.5bn on Oct 20, 2026 for Franklin U.S. Mid Cap Multifactor Index ETF, and $3.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF.

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IVOO costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.3 points.

FLQM vs IVOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
FLQMIVOO
Expense ratio0.30%0.07%
Net assets, FLQM as of Oct 20, 2026 and IVOO as of Sep 30, 2026$1.5bn$3.7bn
Total return, 1 year+10.3%+13.6%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQS&P MidCap 400 Index
Holdings in common18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund11.3%7.8%
Below its high6.7%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

+10.3%
FLQM total return, 1 year
+13.6%
IVOO total return, 1 year
0.30%
FLQM expense ratio
0.07%
IVOO expense ratio

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FLQM and IVOO are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. FLQM follows not read by ETFIQ and IVOO follows S&P MidCap 400 Index.
  2. Holdings in common. 18% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 FLQM returned +10.3% and IVOO +13.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.3 points.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FLQM and IVOO hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FLQM IVOO
UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP 0.88% 0.68%
TENET HEALTHCARE CORP 0.62% 0.60%
OVINTIV INC 0.52% 0.47%
EXELIXIS INC 0.58% 0.42%
NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC 0.77% 0.42%
OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS INC 0.51% 0.41%
PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP 0.39% 0.52%
UNUM GROUP 0.50% 0.37%
LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY 0.48% 0.37%
DT MIDSTREAM INC 0.52% 0.36%
ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORP 0.50% 0.35%
BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS INC 0.46% 0.34%
Only in FLQM
TERADYNE INC 1.20%
UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS INC 1.17%
CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP 1.16%
ALLSTATE CORP (THE) 1.13%
WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 1.13%
DELTA AIR LINES INC 1.12%
EXPEDIA GROUP INC 1.11%
KENVUE INC 1.09%
Only in IVOO
Twilio Inc 1.32%
Okta Inc 1.02%
TechnipFMC PLC 0.78%
nVent Electric PLC 0.76%
ATI Inc 0.76%
Entegris Inc 0.69%
XPO Inc 0.60%
TD SYNNEX Corp 0.60%

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On the same fields

FLQM
Franklin U.S. Mid Cap Multifactor Index ETF
IVOO
Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +10.3% +13.6%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.4% (IJH)
Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs IJH
Expense ratio 0.30% 0.07%
Already in the S&P 500 68.2% 1.6%
Holdings 205 402
Net assets, FLQM as of Oct 20, 2026 and IVOO as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.5bn $3.7bn

FLQM and IVOO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About FLQM

FLQM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +10.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 68% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 205 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%.

About IVOO

IVOO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +13.6% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 2% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 402 positions, with the top ten at 7.8%. It sat 6.7% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FLQM or IVOO?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLQM returned +10.3% and IVOO +13.6%.
Which is cheaper, FLQM or IVOO?
IVOO is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FLQM and IVOO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 68% of FLQM and 2% of IVOO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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