Which returned more over the last year, IUSG or QGRO?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IUSG returned +15.9% and QGRO +2.8%.

Which is cheaper, IUSG or QGRO?

IUSG is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IUSG and QGRO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 95% of IUSG and 80% of QGRO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IUSG vs QGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees

IUSG and QGRO hold 28% 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 $2.2bn on May 31, 2026 for American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF.

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IUSG costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.1 points; IUSG is 15.9 times larger.

IUSG vs QGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees
	IUSG	QGRO
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.29%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$20.7bn	$1.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+15.9%	+2.8%
What it tracks	S&P 900 Growth Index	American Century U.S. Quality Growth Index
Holdings in common	28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.4%	30.9%
Below its high	4.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026

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

+15.9%

IUSG total return, 1 year

+2.8%

QGRO total return, 1 year

0.04%

IUSG expense ratio

0.29%

QGRO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IUSG and QGRO hold 28% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IUSG QGRO

APPLE 6.57% 3.90%

NVIDIA 13.79% 3.15%

ELI LILLY 2.60% 2.58%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 1.17% 2.73%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.08% 1.12%

LAM RESEARCH 0.89% 3.07%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.88% 3.10%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.86% 1.50%

NETFLIX 0.76% 3.10%

GE VERNOVA 0.64% 1.77%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.68% 0.57%

KLA 0.57% 3.03%

Only in IUSG

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.24%

BROADCOM INC 4.18%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.58%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.60%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.31%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.58%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.61%

SANDISK 0.53%

Only in QGRO

McKesson Corp 2.22%

Costco Wholesale Corp 2.07%

Spotify Technology SA 1.63%

salesforce.com Inc 1.20%

Adobe Inc 1.01%

Accenture PLC 0.88%

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc 0.59%

CNX Resources Corp 0.52%

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On the same fields

IUSG

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

QGRO

American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares American Century

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +15.9% +2.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +4.0% (IWF)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −1.2 pts vs IWF

Expense ratio 0.04% 0.29%

Already in the S&P 500 94.9% 79.9%

Holdings 402 189

Net assets, IUSG as of Oct 20, 2026 and QGRO as of May 31, 2026 $33.6bn $2.2bn

IUSG and QGRO 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 QGRO

QGRO tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 189 positions, with the top ten at 30.9%.

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +4.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IUSG or QGRO?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IUSG returned +15.9% and QGRO +2.8%.
Which is cheaper, IUSG or QGRO?: IUSG is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IUSG and QGRO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 95% of IUSG and 80% of QGRO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IUSG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IUSG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IUSG ↗QGRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗American Century 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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