Which is cheaper, IWY or SQS?

IWY is cheaper, by 0.60 percentage points a year. That is about $60 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 99% of IWY and 92% of SQS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IWY vs SQS: Differences, Returns & Fees

IWY and SQS hold 47% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $15.8bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF, and $1.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Sapient Quality Select ETF.

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IWY costs 0.60 points a year less; IWY is 11.5 times larger.

IWY vs SQS: Differences, Returns & Fees
	IWY	SQS
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.80%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$15.8bn	$1.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+4.7%	not published
What it tracks	Russell Top 200 Growth Index	not published
Holdings in common	47%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	60.9%	54.2%
Below its high	5.2%, 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.

+4.7%

IWY total return, 1 year

+9.7%

SQS total return, since launch, Mar 16, 2026

0.20%

IWY expense ratio

0.80%

SQS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWY 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 IWY SQS

NVIDIA 15.02% 9.01%

APPLE 8.32% 7.77%

ALPHABET CLASS A 6.07% 7.92%

BROADCOM INC 5.08% 4.32%

ELI LILLY 3.55% 4.86%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 3.54% 3.52%

MICROSOFT 6.34% 3.01%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.35% 2.44%

GE AEROSPACE 1.18% 1.76%

NETFLIX 1.06% 1.80%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 1.03% 3.30%

GE VERNOVA 0.90% 2.85%

Only in IWY

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.89%

TESLA INC 3.78%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.10%

VISA CLASS A 2.51%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 1.83%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 1.58%

LAM RESEARCH 1.25%

CATERPILLAR INC 1.21%

Only in SQS

Vistra Corp 4.25%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 3.39%

Ascendis Pharma A/S 2.63%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.27%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc 1.84%

Wells Fargo & Co 1.80%

Chevron Corp 1.69%

M&T Bank Corp 1.59%

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On the same fields

IWY

iShares Russell Top 200 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 +4.7% +9.7% (since launch, Mar 16, 2026)

Its benchmark over the same days +15.0% (IWV) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −10.4 pts vs IWV not measured

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.80%

Already in the S&P 500 98.8% 91.7%

Holdings 102 35

Net assets, IWY as of Oct 20, 2026 and SQS as of Jul 31, 2026 $15.8bn $1.4bn

IWY and SQS 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 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, IWY or SQS?: IWY is cheaper, by 0.60 percentage points a year. That is about $60 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWY and SQS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 99% of IWY and 92% of SQS 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 ↗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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