Which returned more over the last year, IVV or QALT?

In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +16.6% and QALT returned +9.1%, so IVV returned more.

Which is cheaper, IVV or QALT?

IVV charges 0.03% a year and QALT charges 0.80%, so IVV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are IVV and QALT the same kind of fund?

No. IVV is an index ETF and QALT is an alternatives ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 19, 2026.

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IVV vs QALT: how they differ

Over the year IVV returned more, +16.6% to QALT's +9.1%, and IVV charges 0.03% to QALT's 0.80%.

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF and SEI DBi Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF.

IVV and QALT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 19, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	QALT SEI DBi Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF
Where it sits	Core fund	Alternatives ETF
Issuer	iShares	SEI
What it is	Tracks the S&P 500	Multi-strategy
Total return, 1 year	+16.6%	+9.1%
S&P 500 over the same days	+16.6%	+16.6%
Gap to the S&P 500	0.0 pts	−7.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.80%
Holdings	508	not filed
Net assets	$846.6bn	$194m

IVV in plain words

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 508 positions, with the top ten at 38.5%.

QALT in plain words

QALT is a multi-strategy fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.45 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.25, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.25% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 22 of those 52 weeks, by 1.24% on average. In the same weeks QALT fell 0.26% on average, a down-week capture of 21.1%. Over the same 52 weeks QALT returned +9.2% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 5.6 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IVV or QALT?: In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +16.6% and QALT returned +9.1%, so IVV returned more.
Which is cheaper, IVV or QALT?: IVV charges 0.03% a year and QALT charges 0.80%, so IVV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are IVV and QALT the same kind of fund?: No. IVV is an index ETF and QALT is an alternatives ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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