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IVW vs QQQ: Differences, Returns & Fees

IVW and QQQ hold 55% of their weight in the same names, and QQQ returned +17.9% over the year. Net assets on Oct 20, 2026: $77.4bn for iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF and $484.7bn for Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1.

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Both cost 0.18% a year; their one-year returns differ by 2.2 points; QQQ is 6.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

IVW vs QQQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
IVWQQQ
Expense ratio0.18%0.18%
Net assets$77.4bn$484.7bn
Total return, 1 year+15.7%+17.9%
What it tracksS&P 500 Growth IndexNasdaq-100 Index
Holdings in common55%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund60.2%47.2%
Below its high4.2%, high on Oct 6, 20265.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.

+15.7%
IVW total return, 1 year
+17.9%
QQQ total return, 1 year
0.18%
IVW expense ratio
0.18%
QQQ expense ratio

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IVW and QQQ are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. IVW follows S&P 500 Growth Index and QQQ follows Nasdaq-100 Index.
  2. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 IVW returned +15.7% and QQQ +17.9% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.2 points.
  3. Size. IVW has $77.4bn in net assets and QQQ $484.7bn (Net assets); QQQ is 6.3 times larger.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVW and QQQ hold 55% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.

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55% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IVW QQQ
NVIDIA 14.44% 8.17%
APPLE 6.88% 7.82%
MICROSOFT 10.89% 6.19%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.75% 4.42%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.28% 3.28%
ALPHABET CLASS A 5.55% 3.15%
ALPHABET CLASS C 4.45% 2.94%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.81% 4.41%
BROADCOM INC 4.38% 2.49%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.41% 3.79%
TESLA INC 1.77% 3.02%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 1.23% 1.93%
Only in IVW
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.73%
ELI LILLY 2.73%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.66%
VISA CLASS A 1.04%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.99%
CATERPILLAR INC 0.92%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.92%
RTX 0.71%
Only in QQQ
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.74%
Walmart Inc 2.49%
Intel Corp 2.08%
Costco Wholesale Corp 1.90%
Texas Instruments Inc 1.09%
Linde PLC 1.00%
Shopify Inc 0.89%
Analog Devices Inc 0.82%

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On the same fields

IVW
iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Invesco
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the Nasdaq-100
Total return, 1 year +15.7% +17.9%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.8% (SPYG) +18.0% (QQQM)
Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPYG −0.1 pts vs QQQM
Expense ratio 0.18% 0.18%
Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 95.7%
Holdings 153 103
Net assets $77.4bn $484.7bn

IVW and QQQ 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 QQQ

QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +17.9% with distributions reinvested, against +18.0% for its benchmark, the Nasdaq-100 Index. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 47.2%. It sat 5.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IVW or QQQ?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVW returned +15.7% and QQQ +17.9%.
Which is cheaper, IVW or QQQ?
Neither: IVW and QQQ both charge 0.18% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVW and QQQ overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVW and 96% of QQQ 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 ↗QQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for QQQ ↗

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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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