IUSG vs PTNQ: Differences, Returns & Fees

IUSG and PTNQ hold 54% of their weight in the same names, and IUSG returned +15.9% over the year. Net assets: $33.6bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF, and $1.3bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETF.

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IUSG costs 0.61 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.6 points; IUSG is far larger, $34.5bn against $1.3bn.

IUSG vs PTNQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
IUSGPTNQ
Expense ratio0.04%0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 2, 2026$34.5bn$1.3bn
Total return, 1 year+15.9%+10.3%
What it tracksS&P 900 Growth IndexPacer NASDAQ-100 Trendpilot Index
Holdings in common54%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund57.4%46.4%
Below its high4.1%, high on Oct 6, 20265.6%, high on Oct 6, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+15.9%
IUSG total return, 1 year
+10.3%
PTNQ total return, 1 year
0.04%
IUSG expense ratio
0.65%
PTNQ expense ratio

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IUSG and PTNQ are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. IUSG follows S&P 900 Growth Index and PTNQ follows Pacer NASDAQ-100 Trendpilot Index.
  2. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 IUSG returned +15.9% and PTNQ +10.3% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 5.6 points.
  3. Number of holdings. IUSG holds 402 positions and PTNQ holds 103.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IUSG and PTNQ hold 54% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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54% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IUSG PTNQ
NVIDIA 13.79% 8.06%
APPLE 6.57% 7.52%
MICROSOFT 10.40% 5.72%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.58% 4.84%
ALPHABET CLASS A 5.30% 3.44%
ALPHABET CLASS C 4.24% 3.23%
BROADCOM INC 4.18% 3.06%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.08% 2.73%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.68% 4.25%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.31% 3.56%
TESLA INC 1.69% 2.58%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 1.17% 1.29%
Only in IUSG
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.60%
ELI LILLY 2.60%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.58%
VISA CLASS A 0.99%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.95%
CATERPILLAR INC 0.88%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.88%
RTX 0.68%
Only in PTNQ
Walmart Inc 2.48%
Intel Corp 2.08%
Costco Wholesale Corp 1.93%
Texas Instruments Inc 1.15%
Linde PLC 1.01%
SPACEX 0.95%
PepsiCo Inc 0.87%
Western Digital Corp 0.86%

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On the same fields

IUSG
iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF
PTNQ
Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Pacer
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +15.9% +10.3%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured +15.9% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark not measured −5.5 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.04% 0.65%
Already in the S&P 500 94.9% 94.9%
Holdings 402 103
Net assets, IUSG as of Oct 20, 2026 and PTNQ as of Oct 2, 2026 $33.6bn $1.3bn

IUSG and PTNQ on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About IUSG

IUSG tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 402 positions, with the top ten at 57.4%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

About PTNQ

PTNQ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +10.3% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 46.4%. It sat 5.6% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IUSG or PTNQ?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IUSG returned +15.9% and PTNQ +10.3%.
Which is cheaper, IUSG or PTNQ?
IUSG is cheaper, by 0.61 percentage points a year. That is about $61 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IUSG and PTNQ overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 95% of IUSG and 95% of PTNQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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