Which returned more over the last year, GARP or QGRO?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +22.3% and QGRO +2.8%.

Which is cheaper, GARP or QGRO?

GARP 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 GARP and QGRO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 80% of QGRO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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GARP vs QGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees

GARP and QGRO hold 36% of their weight in the same names, and GARP returned +22.3% over the year. Net assets: $3.6bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF, and $2.2bn on May 31, 2026 for American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF.

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GARP costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.5 points; QGRO is 3.9 times larger.

GARP vs QGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees
	GARP	QGRO
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.29%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$332m	$1.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+22.3%	+2.8%
What it tracks	MSCI USA Quality GARP Select Index	American Century U.S. Quality Growth Index
Holdings in common	36%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	44.0%	30.9%
Below its high	6.7%, high on Oct 6, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+22.3%

GARP total return, 1 year

+2.8%

QGRO total return, 1 year

0.15%

GARP expense ratio

0.29%

QGRO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GARP and QGRO hold 36% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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36% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding GARP QGRO

APPLE 5.51% 3.90%

NVIDIA 5.08% 3.15%

LAM RESEARCH 3.69% 3.07%

KLA 3.30% 3.03%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 2.75% 2.73%

ELI LILLY 1.70% 2.58%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 2.13% 1.50%

AMPHENOL CORP CLASS A 1.28% 2.33%

ARISTA NETWORKS 1.27% 2.83%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 5.29% 1.12%

ADOBE INC 2.13% 1.01%

GE AEROSPACE 0.96% 2.01%

Only in GARP

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.24%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.17%

MERCADOLIBRE 2.01%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.90%

INTEL CORPORATION 1.75%

ROYAL CARIBBEAN GROUP 1.72%

BROADCOM INC 1.64%

AUTODESK 1.10%

Only in QGRO

TJX Cos Inc 3.23%

Ralph Lauren Corp 2.23%

Costco Wholesale Corp 2.07%

Corning Inc 1.86%

Spotify Technology SA 1.63%

Intuitive Surgical Inc 1.54%

New York Times Co 1.51%

salesforce.com Inc 1.20%

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On the same fields

GARP

iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF

QGRO

American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares American Century

What it is Tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +22.3% +2.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.4% (PBUS) +4.0% (IWF)

Gap to its benchmark +6.9 pts vs PBUS −1.2 pts vs IWF

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.29%

Already in the S&P 500 94.4% 79.9%

Holdings 131 189

Net assets, GARP as of Oct 20, 2026 and QGRO as of May 31, 2026 $3.6bn $2.2bn

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

About GARP

GARP tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +22.3% with distributions reinvested, against +15.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 131 positions, with the top ten at 44.0%. It sat 6.7% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

About QGRO

QGRO tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 189 positions, with the top ten at 30.9%.

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +4.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GARP or QGRO?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +22.3% and QGRO +2.8%.
Which is cheaper, GARP or QGRO?: GARP 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 GARP and QGRO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 80% of QGRO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

GARP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GARP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for GARP ↗QGRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗American Century website ↗

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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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