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

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVW returned +15.7% and QGRO +2.8%.

Which is cheaper, IVW or QGRO?

IVW is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVW and 80% of QGRO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IVW vs QGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees

IVW and QGRO hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and IVW returned +15.7% over the year. Net assets: $77.4bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF, and $2.2bn on May 31, 2026 for American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF.

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IVW costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.9 points; IVW is far larger, $56.1bn against $1.3bn.

IVW vs QGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees
	IVW	QGRO
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.29%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$56.1bn	$1.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+15.7%	+2.8%
What it tracks	S&P 500 Growth Index	American Century U.S. Quality Growth Index
Holdings in common	27%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	60.2%	30.9%
Below its high	4.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026

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

+15.7%

IVW total return, 1 year

+2.8%

QGRO total return, 1 year

0.18%

IVW expense ratio

0.29%

QGRO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVW and QGRO hold 27% 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 IVW QGRO

APPLE 6.88% 3.90%

NVIDIA 14.44% 3.15%

ELI LILLY 2.73% 2.58%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 1.23% 2.73%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.28% 1.12%

LAM RESEARCH 0.94% 3.07%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.92% 3.10%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.90% 1.50%

NETFLIX 0.80% 3.10%

GE VERNOVA 0.67% 1.77%

KLA 0.60% 3.03%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.81% 0.57%

Only in IVW

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.45%

BROADCOM INC 4.38%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.75%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.73%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.41%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.66%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.64%

SANDISK 0.55%

Only in QGRO

McKesson Corp 2.22%

Costco Wholesale Corp 2.07%

Spotify Technology SA 1.63%

New York Times Co 1.51%

salesforce.com Inc 1.20%

Adobe Inc 1.01%

Penumbra Inc 0.94%

Accenture PLC 0.88%

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On the same fields

IVW

iShares S&P 500 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 +15.7% +2.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.8% (SPYG) +4.0% (IWF)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPYG −1.2 pts vs IWF

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.29%

Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 79.9%

Holdings 153 189

Net assets, IVW as of Oct 20, 2026 and QGRO as of May 31, 2026 $77.4bn $2.2bn

IVW and QGRO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About IVW

IVW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.7% with distributions reinvested, against +15.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 153 positions, with the top ten at 60.2%. It sat 4.2% 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, IVW or QGRO?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVW returned +15.7% and QGRO +2.8%.
Which is cheaper, IVW or QGRO?: IVW is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVW and QGRO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVW and 80% of QGRO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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