IUSG vs SQS: Differences, Returns & Fees

IUSG and SQS hold 46% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $33.6bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF, and $1.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Sapient Quality Select ETF.

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IUSG costs 0.76 points a year less; IUSG is far larger, $32.1bn against $1.4bn.

IUSG vs SQS: Differences, Returns & Fees
IUSGSQS
Expense ratio0.04%0.80%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$32.1bn$1.4bn
Total return, 1 year+15.9%not published
What it tracksS&P 900 Growth Indexnot published
Holdings in common46%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund57.4%54.2%
Below its high4.1%, high on Oct 6, 20264.1%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+15.9%
IUSG total return, 1 year
+9.7%
SQS total return, since launch, Mar 16, 2026
0.04%
IUSG expense ratio
0.80%
SQS expense ratio

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IUSG and SQS hold 46% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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46% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IUSG SQS
NVIDIA 13.79% 9.01%
APPLE 6.57% 7.77%
ALPHABET CLASS A 5.30% 7.92%
BROADCOM INC 4.18% 4.32%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.58% 5.86%
MICROSOFT 10.40% 3.01%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.68% 3.52%
ELI LILLY 2.60% 4.86%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.08% 2.44%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.58% 3.39%
NETFLIX 0.76% 1.80%
GE VERNOVA 0.64% 2.85%
Only in IUSG
ALPHABET CLASS C 4.24%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.60%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.31%
TESLA INC 1.69%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 1.17%
VISA CLASS A 0.99%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.95%
LAM RESEARCH 0.89%
Only in SQS
Ascendis Pharma A/S 2.63%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.27%
Bank of America Corp 2.04%
Costco Wholesale Corp 1.81%
Wells Fargo & Co 1.80%
Chevron Corp 1.69%
M&T Bank Corp 1.59%
Kinder Morgan Inc 1.37%

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On the same fields

IUSG
iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF
SQS
Sapient Quality Select ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Sapient Capital
What it is Tracks an index Equity fund
Total return, 1 year +15.9% +9.7% (since launch, Mar 16, 2026)
Expense ratio 0.04% 0.80%
Already in the S&P 500 94.9% 91.7%
Holdings 402 35
Net assets, IUSG as of Oct 20, 2026 and SQS as of Jul 31, 2026 $33.6bn $1.4bn

IUSG and SQS 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 SQS

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.80% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 35 positions, with the top ten at 54.2%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, IUSG or SQS?
IUSG is cheaper, by 0.76 percentage points a year. That is about $76 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IUSG and SQS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 95% of IUSG and 92% of SQS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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