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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +17.3% and QQQE +19.2%.

Which is cheaper, IVV or QQQE?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 87% of QQQE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IVV vs QQQE: Differences, Returns & Fees

IVV and QQQE hold 24% of their weight in the same names, and QQQE returned +19.2% over the year. Net assets: $896.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, and $1.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index ETF.

IVV costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points; IVV is far larger, $891.8bn against $1.5bn.

	IVV	QQQE
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$891.8bn	$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+19.2%
What it tracks	S&P 500	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	24%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	39.0%	12.4%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+17.3%

IVV total return, 1 year

+19.2%

QQQE total return, 1 year

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

0.35%

QQQE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVV and QQQE hold 24% 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 8, 2026.

50%

half

24% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IVV QQQE

MICROSOFT 5.79% 1.05%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.72% 1.02%

APPLE 7.41% 1.01%

NVIDIA 8.32% 0.97%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.51% 0.94%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.37% 0.90%

BROADCOM INC 2.56% 0.89%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.75% 0.86%

INTEL CORPORATION 0.79% 0.80%

WALMART 0.74% 0.98%

TESLA INC 1.58% 0.73%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.68% 0.98%

Only in IVV

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.42%

ELI LILLY 1.40%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.31%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.03%

VISA CLASS A 0.95%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.92%

ABBVIE 0.72%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.69%

Only in QQQE

COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS PLC 1.23%

THOMSON REUTERS CORP 1.16%

MERCADOLIBRE INC 1.13%

PDD HOLDINGS INC 1.07%

ELECTRONIC ARTS INC 1.06%

ASML HOLDING NV 1.03%

SHOPIFY INC 1.00%

WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY INC 0.99%

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On the same fields

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

QQQE

Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Direxion

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

Total return, 1 year +17.3% +19.2%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.1 pts +1.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 86.8%

Holdings 505 103

Net assets, IVV as of Oct 9, 2026 and QQQE as of Oct 8, 2026 $896.4bn $1.5bn

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

IVV in plain words

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 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%.

QQQE in plain words

QQQE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 12.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IVV or QQQE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +17.3% and QQQE +19.2%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or QQQE?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVV and QQQE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 87% of QQQE 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 ↗QQQE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QQQE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Direxion 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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