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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQLT returned +14.8% and SPDW +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, IQLT or SPDW?

SPDW is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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IQLT vs SPDW: Differences, Returns & Fees

IQLT and SPDW hold 32% of their weight in the same names, and SPDW returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $13.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF, and $40.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF.

SPDW costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.9 points.

	IQLT	SPDW
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.03%
Net assets, IQLT as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPDW as of Oct 8, 2026	$13.6bn	$40.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+14.8%	+19.7%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	S&P Developed Ex-U.S. BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	32%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	23.7%	12.9%
Below its high	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.5%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+14.8%

IQLT total return, 1 year

+19.7%

SPDW total return, 1 year

0.30%

IQLT expense ratio

0.03%

SPDW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IQLT and SPDW hold 32% 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 and Oct 9, 2026.

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32% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IQLT SPDW

ASML HOLDING 6.01% 2.15%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 2.20% 0.90%

SHELL 1.85% 0.88%

NOVARTIS AG 1.67% 0.79%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.59% 0.74%

NESTLE SA 1.69% 0.72%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.54% 0.66%

ADVANTEST 2.24% 0.61%

TOKYO ELECTRON 1.40% 0.56%

TOTALENERGIES 1.34% 0.55%

ALLIANZ 2.57% 0.53%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 1.30% 0.50%

Only in IQLT

MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 1.09%

HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING 1.06%

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.92%

INVESTOR CLASS B 0.80%

MS&AD INSURANCE GROUP HOLDINGS 0.59%

ATLAS COPCO CLASS A 0.57%

ATLAS COPCO CLASS B 0.31%

VOLVO CLASS B 0.31%

Only in SPDW

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.68%

SK HYNIX INC 2.21%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.95%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.82%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.81%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 0.67%

SIEMENS AG REG 0.66%

SAP SE 0.64%

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On the same fields

IQLT

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF

SPDW

State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +14.8% +19.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −2.5 pts +2.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 294 2448

Net assets, IQLT as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPDW as of Oct 8, 2026 $13.6bn $40.5bn

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

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.

SPDW in plain words

SPDW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,448 positions, with the top ten at 12.9%. It sat 4.5% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IQLT or SPDW?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQLT returned +14.8% and SPDW +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, IQLT or SPDW?: SPDW is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IQLT and SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IQLT and 0% of SPDW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IQLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IQLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IQLT ↗SPDW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPDW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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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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