PTNQ vs QQQM: Differences, Returns & Fees

PTNQ and QQQM hold 94% of their weight in the same names, and QQQM returned +18.0% over the year. Net assets: $1.3bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETF, and $108.5bn on Oct 20, 2026 for Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF.

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QQQM costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.7 points; QQQM is far larger, $111.7bn against $1.3bn.

PTNQ vs QQQM: Differences, Returns & Fees
PTNQQQQM
Expense ratio0.65%0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 2, 2026$1.3bn$111.7bn
Total return, 1 year+10.3%+18.0%
What it tracksPacer NASDAQ-100 Trendpilot IndexNasdaq-100 Index
Holdings in common94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund46.4%47.2%
Below its high5.6%, high on Oct 6, 20265.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026

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

+10.3%
PTNQ total return, 1 year
+18.0%
QQQM total return, 1 year
0.65%
PTNQ expense ratio
0.15%
QQQM expense ratio

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PTNQ and QQQM are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. PTNQ follows Pacer NASDAQ-100 Trendpilot Index and QQQM follows Nasdaq-100 Index.
  2. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 PTNQ returned +10.3% and QQQM +18.0% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 7.7 points.
  3. Cost. PTNQ charges 0.65% of assets a year and QQQM 0.15%, a gap of 0.50 points.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PTNQ and QQQM hold 94% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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94% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding PTNQ QQQM
NVIDIA Corp 8.06% 8.17%
Apple Inc 7.52% 7.82%
Microsoft Corp 5.72% 6.19%
Amazon.com Inc 4.84% 4.42%
Micron Technology Inc 4.25% 4.41%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.56% 3.79%
Alphabet Inc 3.44% 3.15%
Alphabet Inc 3.23% 2.94%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.73% 3.28%
Tesla Inc 2.58% 3.02%
Broadcom Inc 3.06% 2.49%
Walmart Inc 2.48% 2.49%
Only in PTNQ
Warner Bros Discovery Inc 0.30%
Electronic Arts Inc 0.24%
Kraft Heinz Co 0.14%
Only in QQQM
Moderna Inc 0.39%
CME E-Mini NASDAQ 100 Index Future 0.12%
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 0.11%
SECURITIES LENDING - BNYM 0.00%
CONTRA FUTURE FUTURE DEC 18 26 -0.12%

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PTNQ
Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETF
QQQM
Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Pacer Invesco
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the Nasdaq-100
Total return, 1 year +10.3% +18.0%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.9% (VOO) +17.9% (QQQ)
Gap to its benchmark −5.5 pts vs VOO +0.1 pts vs QQQ
Expense ratio 0.65% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 94.9% 95.7%
Holdings 103 105
Net assets, PTNQ as of Oct 2, 2026 and QQQM as of Oct 20, 2026 $1.3bn $108.5bn

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

About PTNQ

PTNQ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +10.3% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 46.4%. It sat 5.6% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

About QQQM

QQQM tracks the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.9% for its benchmark, the Nasdaq-100 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 47.2%. It sat 5.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PTNQ or QQQM?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PTNQ returned +10.3% and QQQM +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, PTNQ or QQQM?
QQQM is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do PTNQ and QQQM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 95% of PTNQ and 96% of QQQM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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