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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQDF returned +24.5% and IQLT +14.8%.

Which is cheaper, IQDF or IQLT?

IQLT is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IQDF and IQLT overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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IQDF vs IQLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

IQDF and IQLT hold 16% of their weight in the same names, and IQDF returned +24.5% over the year. Net assets: $1.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust International Quality Dividend ETF, and $13.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF.

IQLT costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.7 points.

	IQDF	IQLT
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.30%
Net assets, IQDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and IQLT as of Oct 9, 2026	$1.2bn	$13.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+24.5%	+14.8%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	16%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.8%	23.7%
Below its high	4.3%, high on Sep 8, 2026	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+24.5%

IQDF total return, 1 year

+14.8%

IQLT total return, 1 year

0.47%

IQDF expense ratio

0.30%

IQLT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IQDF and IQLT hold 16% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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16% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IQDF IQLT

Advantest Corp. 2.13% 2.24%

BHP Group Ltd. 1.44% 1.54%

Tokyo Electron Ltd. 2.10% 1.40%

ASML Holding NV 1.22% 6.01%

Nestle SA 1.02% 1.69%

TotalEnergies SE 0.98% 1.34%

Rio Tinto plc 0.73% 0.69%

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. 0.67% 1.01%

British American Tobacco plc 0.81% 0.50%

Fujikura Ltd. 0.45% 0.52%

CaixaBank SA 0.96% 0.44%

Bank Hapoalim BM 0.61% 0.37%

Only in IQDF

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 4.55%

MediaTek, Inc. 1.99%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 1.92%

Novo Nordisk A/S 1.63%

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA 1.44%

SK hynix, Inc. 1.34%

Enel SpA 1.25%

UniCredit SpA 1.17%

Only in IQLT

ALLIANZ 2.57%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 2.20%

ABB LTD 1.93%

RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD 1.86%

ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP AG 1.70%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 1.41%

IBERDROLA 1.35%

UNILEVER PLC 1.33%

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On the same fields

IQDF

Northern Trust International Quality Dividend ETF

IQLT

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Northern Trust iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +24.5% +14.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +7.2 pts −2.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.30%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 182 294

Net assets, IQDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and IQLT as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.2bn $13.6bn

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

IQDF in plain words

IQDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +24.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 182 positions, with the top ten at 19.8%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Sep 8, 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, IQDF or IQLT?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQDF returned +24.5% and IQLT +14.8%.
Which is cheaper, IQDF or IQLT?: IQLT is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IQDF and IQLT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IQDF and 0% of IQLT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IQDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IQDF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗IQLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IQLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗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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