Which returned more over the last year, LCTU or SPHQ?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, LCTU returned +15.3% and SPHQ +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, LCTU or SPHQ?

Neither: LCTU and SPHQ both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do LCTU and SPHQ overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 93% of LCTU and 100% of SPHQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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LCTU vs SPHQ: Differences, Returns & Fees

LCTU and SPHQ hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and SPHQ returned +18.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.2bn for iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF and $19.1bn for Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF.

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 2.7 points; SPHQ is 16.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

	LCTU	SPHQ
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Net assets	$1.2bn	$19.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+15.3%	+18.0%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P 500 Quality Index
Holdings in common	18%
Holdings dated	Oct 8, 2026	Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	35.5%	43.7%
Below its high		4.6%, high on Jun 30, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+15.3%

LCTU total return, 1 year

+18.0%

SPHQ total return, 1 year

0.15%

LCTU expense ratio

0.15%

SPHQ expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, LCTU and SPHQ hold 18% 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 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding LCTU SPHQ

APPLE 7.29% 5.65%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.87% 5.90%

NETFLIX 0.68% 3.62%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.66% 2.62%

LAM RESEARCH 0.66% 4.30%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.63% 3.81%

GE AEROSPACE 0.57% 3.37%

KLA 0.50% 2.52%

AUTODESK 0.45% 0.44%

GE VERNOVA 0.41% 4.17%

VISA CLASS A 0.39% 5.84%

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE 0.37% 0.63%

Only in LCTU

NVIDIA 8.04%

MICROSOFT 4.97%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.11%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.53%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.38%

BROADCOM INC 2.11%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.94%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.63%

Only in SPHQ

Procter & Gamble Co/The 2.96%

Texas Instruments Inc 2.27%

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1.37%

Automatic Data Processing Inc 1.05%

Lockheed Martin Corp 0.96%

3M Co 0.76%

Illinois Tool Works Inc 0.75%

Ross Stores Inc 0.67%

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On the same fields

LCTU

iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF

SPHQ

Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500 Quality

Total return, 1 year +15.3% +18.0%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −2.0 pts +0.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 93.4% 100.0%

Holdings 330 102

Net assets $1.2bn $19.1bn

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

LCTU in plain words

LCTU is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.3% 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 8, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 330 positions, with the top ten at 35.5%.

SPHQ in plain words

SPHQ tracks the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 102 positions, with the top ten at 43.7%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, LCTU or SPHQ?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, LCTU returned +15.3% and SPHQ +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, LCTU or SPHQ?: Neither: LCTU and SPHQ both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do LCTU and SPHQ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 93% of LCTU and 100% of SPHQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

LCTU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LCTU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for LCTU ↗SPHQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPHQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for SPHQ ↗

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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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