Which is cheaper, IVW or SQS?

IVW is cheaper, by 0.62 percentage points a year. That is about $62 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVW and 92% of SQS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IVW vs SQS: Differences, Returns & Fees

IVW and SQS hold 47% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $77.4bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF, and $1.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Sapient Quality Select ETF.

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IVW costs 0.62 points a year less; IVW is far larger, $73.8bn against $1.4bn.

IVW vs SQS: Differences, Returns & Fees
	IVW	SQS
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.80%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$73.8bn	$1.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+15.7%	not published
What it tracks	S&P 500 Growth Index	not published
Holdings in common	47%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	60.2%	54.2%
Below its high	4.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026	4.1%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+15.7%

IVW total return, 1 year

+9.7%

SQS total return, since launch, Mar 16, 2026

0.18%

IVW expense ratio

0.80%

SQS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVW and SQS hold 47% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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47% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IVW SQS

NVIDIA 14.44% 9.01%

APPLE 6.88% 7.77%

ALPHABET CLASS A 5.55% 7.92%

BROADCOM INC 4.38% 4.32%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.75% 5.86%

MICROSOFT 10.89% 3.01%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.81% 3.52%

ELI LILLY 2.73% 4.86%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.28% 2.44%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.66% 3.39%

NETFLIX 0.80% 1.80%

GE VERNOVA 0.67% 2.85%

Only in IVW

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.45%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.73%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.41%

TESLA INC 1.77%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 1.23%

VISA CLASS A 1.04%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.99%

LAM RESEARCH 0.94%

Only in SQS

Ascendis Pharma A/S 2.63%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.27%

Bank of America Corp 2.04%

Costco Wholesale Corp 1.81%

Wells Fargo & Co 1.80%

Chevron Corp 1.69%

M&T Bank Corp 1.59%

Kinder Morgan Inc 1.37%

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On the same fields

IVW

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF

SQS

Sapient Quality Select ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Sapient Capital

What it is Tracks an index Equity fund

Total return, 1 year +15.7% +9.7% (since launch, Mar 16, 2026)

Its benchmark over the same days +15.8% (SPYG) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPYG not measured

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.80%

Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 91.7%

Holdings 153 35

Net assets, IVW as of Oct 20, 2026 and SQS as of Jul 31, 2026 $77.4bn $1.4bn

IVW and SQS 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 SQS

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.80% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 35 positions, with the top ten at 54.2%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, IVW or SQS?: IVW is cheaper, by 0.62 percentage points a year. That is about $62 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVW and SQS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVW and 92% of SQS 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 ↗SQS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SQS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Sapient Capital 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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