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

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PABU returned +10.2% and QGRO +2.8%.

Which is cheaper, PABU or QGRO?

PABU is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 97% of PABU and 80% of QGRO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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PABU vs QGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees

PABU and QGRO hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and PABU returned +10.2% over the year. Net assets: $2.5bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares Paris-Aligned Climate Optimized MSCI USA ETF, and $2.2bn on May 31, 2026 for American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF.

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PABU costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.4 points; PABU is 1.5 times larger.

PABU vs QGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees
	PABU	QGRO
Expense ratio	0.10%	0.29%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$1.9bn	$1.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+10.2%	+2.8%
What it tracks	MSCI USA Climate Paris Aligned Benchmark Extended Select Index	American Century U.S. Quality Growth Index
Holdings in common	18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	48.9%	30.9%

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

+10.2%

PABU total return, 1 year

+2.8%

QGRO total return, 1 year

0.10%

PABU expense ratio

0.29%

QGRO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PABU and QGRO hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding PABU QGRO

APPLE 7.68% 3.90%

NVIDIA 9.40% 3.15%

ELI LILLY 3.46% 2.58%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 1.77% 3.10%

SALESFORCE 1.32% 1.20%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.53% 1.12%

KLA 0.42% 3.03%

ASTERA LABS 1.10% 0.40%

ALPHABET CLASS C 3.86% 0.32%

SERVICENOW 2.94% 0.28%

ANALOG DEVICES 0.96% 0.27%

MICROSOFT 8.08% 0.27%

Only in PABU

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.78%

BROADCOM INC 3.28%

SNOWFLAKE 3.11%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 2.86%

AMERICAN TOWER REIT 2.03%

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP REIT INC 1.98%

EQUINIX REIT 1.91%

AMAZON.COM INC 1.90%

Only in QGRO

TJX Cos Inc 3.23%

Lam Research Corp 3.07%

AppLovin Corp 2.77%

Amphenol Corp 2.33%

Ralph Lauren Corp 2.23%

McKesson Corp 2.22%

Costco Wholesale Corp 2.07%

General Electric Co 2.01%

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On the same fields

PABU

iShares Paris-Aligned Climate Optimized MSCI USA 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 +10.2% +2.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.4% (PBUS) +4.0% (IWF)

Gap to its benchmark −5.1 pts vs PBUS −1.2 pts vs IWF

Expense ratio 0.10% 0.29%

Already in the S&P 500 97.3% 79.9%

Holdings 88 189

Net assets, PABU as of Oct 20, 2026 and QGRO as of May 31, 2026 $2.5bn $2.2bn

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

About PABU

PABU tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +10.2% with distributions reinvested, against +15.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 88 positions, with the top ten at 48.9%.

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, PABU or QGRO?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PABU returned +10.2% and QGRO +2.8%.
Which is cheaper, PABU or QGRO?: PABU is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do PABU and QGRO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 97% of PABU and 80% of QGRO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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