Which returned more over the last year, IGSB or SPHQ?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGSB returned +1.7% and SPHQ returned +17.4%, so SPHQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, IGSB or SPHQ?

IGSB charges 0.04% a year and SPHQ charges 0.15%, so IGSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IGSB vs SPHQ: how they differ

IGSB and SPHQ hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and SPHQ returned more over the year.

iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF and Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IGSB and SPHQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in IGSB	Only in SPHQ
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.56%	Mastercard Inc 5.78%
EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO S. R.L. 144A 0.29%	Visa Inc 5.68%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 144A 0.15%	Apple Inc 5.60%
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM INTERNATIONAL FIN 0.10%	Lam Research Corp 4.10%
BAYER US FINANCE II LLC 144A 0.09%	Netflix Inc 4.00%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO MTN 0.09%	GE Vernova Inc 3.92%
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA (FXD-FRN) 0.08%	Costco Wholesale Corp 3.85%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/THE MTN 0.08%	General Electric Co 3.62%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.

IGSB and SPHQ on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Invesco
What it is	1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond	S&P 500 Quality
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.8 pts	−0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.15%
Holdings	4496	100

IGSB in plain words

IGSB is a bond fund tracking the 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

SPHQ in plain words

SPHQ is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 100 positions, with the top ten at 43.4%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IGSB or SPHQ?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGSB returned +1.7% and SPHQ returned +17.4%, so SPHQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IGSB or SPHQ?: IGSB charges 0.04% a year and SPHQ charges 0.15%, so IGSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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