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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +17.3% and QLC +19.8%.

Which is cheaper, IVV or QLC?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IVV and QLC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 96% of QLC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IVV vs QLC: Differences, Returns & Fees

IVV and QLC hold 55% of their weight in the same names, and QLC returned +19.8% over the year. Net assets: $896.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, and $1.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap ETF.

IVV costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points; IVV is far larger, $869.2bn against $1.0bn.

IVV vs QLC: Differences, Returns & Fees
	IVV	QLC
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$869.2bn	$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+19.8%
What it tracks	S&P 500	Northern Trust Quality Large Cap Index
Holdings in common	55%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	39.0%	37.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%

IVV total return, 1 year

+19.8%

QLC total return, 1 year

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

0.25%

QLC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVV and QLC hold 55% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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55% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IVV QLC

APPLE 7.29% 7.33%

NVIDIA 8.23% 7.10%

MICROSOFT 5.89% 4.25%

ALPHABET CLASS A 3.06% 4.09%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.82% 2.59%

BROADCOM INC 2.55% 2.94%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.45% 3.66%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.35% 1.40%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.31% 1.98%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.42% 1.27%

ELI LILLY 1.40% 1.12%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.72% 1.09%

Only in IVV

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.03%

VISA CLASS A 0.97%

WALMART 0.74%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.71%

CHEVRON 0.62%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.62%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.60%

COCA-COLA 0.51%

Only in QLC

Applied Materials, Inc. 1.15%

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 0.63%

Simon Property Group, Inc. 0.58%

Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 0.57%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 0.55%

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 0.54%

Franklin Resources, Inc. 0.53%

VICI Properties, Inc. 0.49%

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On the same fields

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

QLC

Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Northern Trust

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.3% +19.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (SPY) not published

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SPY not available

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 96.4%

Holdings 505 177

Net assets, IVV as of Oct 9, 2026 and QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 $896.4bn $1.0bn

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

About IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

About QLC

QLC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 177 positions, with the top ten at 37.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IVV or QLC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +17.3% and QLC +19.8%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or QLC?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVV and QLC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 96% of QLC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IVV ↗QLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QLC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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