Are IGF and QQQ in the same category?

IGF is a thematic ETF and QQQ is a stock ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each holds.

Which returned more over the last year, IGF or QQQ?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGF returned +5.3% and QQQ +23.6%.

Which is cheaper, IGF or QQQ?

QQQ is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $19. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IGF and QQQ overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 32% of IGF and 96% of QQQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IGF vs QQQ: how they differ

Over the year IGF returned +5.3% to QQQ's +23.6%, and QQQ charges 0.18% to IGF's 0.37%. iShares Global Infrastructure ETF and Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1.

QQQ costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.3 points; QQQ is far larger, $500.7bn against $10.3bn.

	IGF	QQQ
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$10.3bn	$500.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+5.3%	+23.6%
What it tracks	Infrastructure	not published
Holdings in common	2%
Against the S&P 500, 1 year	behind by 11.9 pts
Active share vs the S&P 500	98%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38%	46.9%
Below its all-time high	8.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+5.3%

IGF total return, 1 year

+23.6%

QQQ total return, 1 year

0.37%

IGF expense ratio

0.18%

QQQ expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IGF and QQQ hold 2% 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.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IGF QQQ

AEROPORTS DE PARIS SA 2.05% 0.45%

CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP 2.73% 0.42%

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER INC 1.94% 0.28%

XCEL ENERGY INC 1.33% 0.19%

EXELON CORP 1.25% 0.18%

Only in IGF

TRANSURBAN GROUP STAPLED UNITS 4.83%

AENA SME SA 4.73%

NEXTERA ENERGY 4.70%

IBERDROLA 4.14%

GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL PACIFICO A 3.63%

ENBRIDGE 3.60%

AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 3.55%

WILLIAMS 3.08%

Only in QQQ

NVIDIA Corp 8.33%

Apple Inc 7.45%

Microsoft Corp 5.82%

Micron Technology Inc 4.85%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.20%

Amazon.com Inc 4.11%

Meta Platforms Inc 3.22%

Alphabet Inc 3.07%

On the same fields

IGF

iShares Global Infrastructure ETF

QQQ

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

Where it sits Thematic ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Infrastructure Tracks the Nasdaq-100

Total return, 1 year +5.3% +23.6%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −11.9 pts +6.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 31.9% 96.3%

Holdings 78 102

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $10.3bn $500.7bn

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

IGF in plain words

By weight, 32% of IGF's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 38% of the fund across 78 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +5.3% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 11.9 pts. It sits 8.3% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

QQQ in plain words

QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +23.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 102 positions, with the top ten at 46.9%.

Questions people ask

Are IGF and QQQ in the same category?: IGF is a thematic ETF and QQQ is a stock ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each holds.
Which returned more over the last year, IGF or QQQ?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGF returned +5.3% and QQQ +23.6%.
Which is cheaper, IGF or QQQ?: QQQ is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $19. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IGF and QQQ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 32% of IGF and 96% of QQQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IGF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗iShares page for IGF ↗QQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for QQQ ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, IGF against QQQ, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/igf-vs-qqq

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