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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IYE vs QQQ: how they differ

IYE and QQQ hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and IYE returned more over the year.

iShares U.S. Energy ETF and Invesco QQQ Trust.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IYE and QQQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in IYEOnly in QQQ
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 22.32%NVIDIA Corp 8.52%
CHEVRON 16.00%Apple Inc 7.72%
CONOCOPHILLIPS 6.77%Microsoft Corp 5.89%
MARATHON PETROLEUM 4.68%Micron Technology Inc 4.90%
VALERO ENERGY CORP 4.62%Amazon.com Inc 4.36%
PHILLIPS 66 4.20%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.65%
WILLIAMS 3.60%Alphabet Inc 3.12%
SLB 3.39%Meta Platforms Inc 3.07%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.

IYE and QQQ on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IYE
iShares U.S. Energy ETF
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesInvesco
What it isU.S. EnergyNasdaq-100
Total return, 1 year+48.8%+23.0%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+31.3 pts+5.5 pts
Expense ratio0.37%0.18%
Already in the S&P 50089.0%96.7%
Holdings43105

IYE in plain words

IYE is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Energy. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +48.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 43 positions, with the top ten at 71.3%.

QQQ in plain words

QQQ is an index equity fund tracking the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +23.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 47.0%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYE or QQQ?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYE returned +48.8% and QQQ returned +23.0%, so IYE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IYE or QQQ?
IYE charges 0.37% a year and QQQ charges 0.18%, so QQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IYE and QQQ overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of IYE and 97% of QQQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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IYE against QQQ, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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