Which returned more over the last year, INTF or IQLT?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INTF returned +18.0% and IQLT +14.8%.

Which is cheaper, INTF or IQLT?

INTF 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 INTF and IQLT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of INTF and 0% of IQLT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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INTF vs IQLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

INTF and IQLT hold 35% of their weight in the same names, and INTF returned +18.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $3.7bn for iShares International Equity Factor ETF and $13.6bn for iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF.

INTF costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points; IQLT is 3.7 times larger.

	INTF	IQLT
Expense ratio	0.16%	0.30%
Net assets	$3.7bn	$13.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+14.8%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	35%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	12.7%	23.7%
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+18.0%

INTF total return, 1 year

+14.8%

IQLT total return, 1 year

0.16%

INTF expense ratio

0.30%

IQLT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, INTF and IQLT hold 35% 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 9, 2026.

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35% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding INTF IQLT

ASML HOLDING 2.62% 6.01%

NOVARTIS AG 1.99% 1.67%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.07% 2.20%

ABB LTD 1.03% 1.93%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.96% 1.54%

NESTLE SA 0.88% 1.69%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.82% 1.59%

TOTALENERGIES 0.77% 1.34%

ADVANTEST 0.75% 2.24%

RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD 0.75% 1.86%

SHELL 0.74% 1.85%

RIO TINTO 0.71% 0.69%

Only in INTF

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.14%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.11%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 1.04%

MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP 0.88%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.86%

UNICREDIT 0.81%

SAP 0.75%

ABN AMRO BANK NV 0.71%

Only in IQLT

FERRARI 0.64%

KDDI 0.62%

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC 0.62%

NATIONAL GRID PLC 0.62%

ATLAS COPCO CLASS A 0.57%

3I GROUP FUND PLC 0.52%

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY 0.50%

RHEINMETALL AG 0.49%

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On the same fields

INTF

iShares International Equity Factor ETF

IQLT

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +14.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.8 pts −2.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.16% 0.30%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 486 294

Net assets $3.7bn $13.6bn

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

INTF in plain words

INTF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.16% 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 486 positions, with the top ten at 12.7%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 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, INTF or IQLT?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INTF returned +18.0% and IQLT +14.8%.
Which is cheaper, INTF or IQLT?: INTF 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 INTF and IQLT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of INTF and 0% of IQLT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

INTF and IQLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗INTF and IQLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for INTF ↗iShares page for IQLT ↗

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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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