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

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWY returned +4.7% and QGRO +2.8%.

Which is cheaper, IWY or QGRO?

IWY is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 99% of IWY and 80% of QGRO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IWY vs QGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees

IWY and QGRO hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and IWY returned +4.7% over the year. Net assets: $15.8bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF, and $2.2bn on May 31, 2026 for American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF.

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IWY costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points; IWY is 10.6 times larger.

IWY vs QGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees
	IWY	QGRO
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.29%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$13.8bn	$1.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+4.7%	+2.8%
What it tracks	Russell Top 200 Growth Index	American Century U.S. Quality Growth Index
Holdings in common	31%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	60.9%	30.9%
Below its high	5.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026

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

+4.7%

IWY total return, 1 year

+2.8%

QGRO total return, 1 year

0.20%

IWY expense ratio

0.29%

QGRO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWY and QGRO hold 31% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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31% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IWY QGRO

APPLE 8.32% 3.90%

NVIDIA 15.02% 3.15%

ELI LILLY 3.55% 2.58%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 1.83% 3.10%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 1.58% 2.73%

LAM RESEARCH 1.25% 3.07%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 1.20% 1.50%

GE AEROSPACE 1.18% 2.01%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.35% 1.12%

NETFLIX 1.06% 3.10%

GE VERNOVA 0.90% 1.77%

KLA 0.80% 3.03%

Only in IWY

BROADCOM INC 5.08%

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.89%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.10%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 1.03%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.84%

HOME DEPOT 0.84%

ORACLE 0.81%

AMAZON.COM INC 0.78%

Only in QGRO

Ralph Lauren Corp 2.23%

Comfort Systems USA Inc 1.52%

New York Times Co 1.51%

salesforce.com Inc 1.20%

Dexcom Inc 1.01%

Penumbra Inc 0.94%

Accenture PLC 0.88%

Insulet Corp 0.78%

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On the same fields

IWY

iShares Russell Top 200 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 +4.7% +2.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.0% (IWV) +4.0% (IWF)

Gap to its benchmark −10.4 pts vs IWV −1.2 pts vs IWF

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.29%

Already in the S&P 500 98.8% 79.9%

Holdings 102 189

Net assets, IWY as of Oct 20, 2026 and QGRO as of May 31, 2026 $15.8bn $2.2bn

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

About IWY

IWY tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 102 positions, with the top ten at 60.9%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +4.7% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

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, IWY or QGRO?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWY returned +4.7% and QGRO +2.8%.
Which is cheaper, IWY or QGRO?: IWY is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWY and QGRO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 99% of IWY and 80% of QGRO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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