IYY vs QUAL: Differences, Returns & Fees
IYY and QUAL hold 43% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $3.1bn for iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF and $49.0bn for iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF.
QUAL costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; QUAL is 16.0 times larger.
| IYY | QUAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.20% | 0.15% |
| Net assets | $3.1bn | $49.0bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +16.8% | +17.1% |
| What it tracks | Dow Jones U.S. Index | MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index ? |
| Holdings in common | 43% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 36.4% | 45.7% |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, IYY and QUAL hold 43% 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 Oct 9, 2026.
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43% in common
On the same fields
IYY and QUAL on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About IYY
IYY tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% 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 941 positions, with the top ten at 36.4%.
About QUAL
QUAL tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 119 positions, with the top ten at 45.7%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, IYY or QUAL?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYY returned +16.8% and QUAL +17.1%.
- Which is cheaper, IYY or QUAL?
- QUAL is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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