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IWB vs QQQE: Differences, Returns & Fees

IWB and QQQE hold 23% of their weight in the same names, and QQQE returned +19.2% over the year. Net assets: $49.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 ETF, and $1.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index ETF.

IWB costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points; IWB is far larger, $49.4bn against $1.5bn.

IWBQQQE
Expense ratio0.15%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$49.4bn$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year+16.6%+19.2%
What it tracksRussell 1000 Indexnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common23%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund36.1%12.4%

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

+16.6%
IWB total return, 1 year
+19.2%
QQQE total return, 1 year
0.15%
IWB expense ratio
0.35%
QQQE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWB and QQQE hold 23% 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.

half

23% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IWB QQQE
MICROSOFT 5.53% 1.05%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.54% 1.02%
APPLE 6.77% 1.01%
NVIDIA 7.44% 0.97%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.38% 0.94%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.20% 0.90%
BROADCOM INC 2.34% 0.89%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.61% 0.86%
TESLA INC 1.56% 0.73%
WALMART 0.68% 0.98%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.67% 0.80%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.65% 0.98%
Only in IWB
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.34%
ELI LILLY 1.31%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.24%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.97%
VISA CLASS A 0.91%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.88%
ABBVIE 0.68%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.66%
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%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.99%

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On the same fields

IWB
iShares Russell 1000 ETF
QQQE
Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Direxion
What it is Tracks the Russell 1000 Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +16.6% +19.2%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −0.6 pts +1.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.35%
Already in the S&P 500 91.7% 86.8%
Holdings 1025 103
Net assets, IWB as of Oct 9, 2026 and QQQE as of Oct 8, 2026 $49.6bn $1.5bn

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

IWB in plain words

IWB tracks the Russell 1000. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,025 positions, with the top ten at 36.1%.

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, IWB or QQQE?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWB returned +16.6% and QQQE +19.2%.
Which is cheaper, IWB or QQQE?
IWB is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWB and QQQE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IWB and 87% of QQQE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
IWB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IWB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWB ↗QQQE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QQQE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Direxion website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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