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ILOW vs IQLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

ILOW and IQLT hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and IQLT returned +14.8% over the year. Net assets: $1.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF, and $13.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF.

IQLT costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.8 points.

ILOWIQLT
Expense ratio0.50%0.30%
Net assets, ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026 and IQLT as of Oct 9, 2026$1.8bn$13.6bn
Total return, 1 year+9.0%+14.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managednot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common20%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.7%23.7%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 25, 20264.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+9.0%
ILOW total return, 1 year
+14.8%
IQLT total return, 1 year
0.50%
ILOW expense ratio
0.30%
IQLT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ILOW and IQLT hold 20% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

20% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ILOW IQLT
ASML Holding NV 2.87% 6.01%
ABB Ltd 1.77% 1.93%
Novartis AG 1.95% 1.67%
AstraZeneca PLC 1.67% 1.59%
Shell PLC 1.33% 1.85%
Schneider Electric SE 2.10% 1.30%
TotalEnergies SE 1.08% 1.34%
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd 1.78% 0.87%
Industria de Diseno Textil SA 1.44% 0.84%
AXA SA 1.55% 0.73%
Rio Tinto Ltd 0.78% 0.69%
London Stock Exchange Group PLC 0.95% 0.62%
Only in ILOW
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.50%
Prysmian SpA 2.13%
Enel SpA 1.71%
Tryg A/S 1.66%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 1.57%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.51%
KBC Group NV 1.50%
NN Group NV 1.48%
Only in IQLT
ALLIANZ 2.57%
ADVANTEST 2.24%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 2.20%
RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD 1.86%
ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP AG 1.70%
NESTLE SA 1.69%
BHP GROUP LTD 1.54%
TOKIO MARINE HOLDINGS 1.48%

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On the same fields

ILOW
AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF
IQLT
iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer AllianceBernstein iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +9.0% +14.8%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −8.2 pts −2.5 pts
Expense ratio 0.50% 0.30%
Already in the S&P 500 0.6% 0.0%
Holdings 84 294
Net assets, ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026 and IQLT as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.8bn $13.6bn

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

ILOW in plain words

ILOW is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 84 positions, with the top ten at 20.7%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

IQLT in plain words

IQLT tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 294 positions, with the top ten at 23.7%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ILOW or IQLT?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILOW returned +9.0% and IQLT +14.8%.
Which is cheaper, ILOW or IQLT?
IQLT is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ILOW and IQLT overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 1% of ILOW and 0% of IQLT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
ILOW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ILOW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗IQLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IQLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IQLT ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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