PWB vs QQEW: Differences, Returns & Fees

PWB and QQEW hold 28% of their weight in the same names, and PWB returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets on Oct 20, 2026: $2.6bn for Invesco Large Cap Growth ETF and $1.8bn for First Trust Nasdaq-100 Select Equal Weight ETF.

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Both cost 0.55% a year; their one-year returns differ by 10.3 points; PWB is 1.4 times larger.

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PWB vs QQEW: Differences, Returns & Fees
PWBQQEW
Expense ratio0.55%0.55%
Net assets$2.6bn$1.8bn
Total return, 1 year+20.2%+9.9%
What it tracksDynamic Large Cap Growth Intellidex IndexNasdaq-100 Select Equal Weight Index
Holdings in common28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund36.0%23.1%
Below its high8.9%, high on Jun 22, 20265.8%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.

+20.2%
PWB total return, 1 year
+9.9%
QQEW total return, 1 year
0.55%
PWB expense ratio
0.55%
QQEW expense ratio

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

  1. What each follows. PWB follows Dynamic Large Cap Growth Intellidex Index and QQEW follows Nasdaq-100 Select Equal Weight Index.
  2. Holdings in common. 28% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 19, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 PWB returned +20.2% and QQEW +9.9% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 10.3 points.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PWB and QQEW hold 28% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.

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28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding PWB QQEW
Meta Platforms Inc 4.17% 2.55%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.79% 2.37%
Apple Inc 3.73% 2.24%
NVIDIA Corp 3.44% 2.04%
Micron Technology Inc 3.27% 1.95%
Broadcom Inc 3.16% 1.87%
Palantir Technologies Inc 1.62% 2.16%
Fortinet Inc 1.61% 2.08%
Texas Instruments Inc 1.53% 2.19%
Analog Devices Inc 1.53% 2.25%
Monolithic Power Systems Inc 1.39% 2.05%
Airbnb Inc 1.33% 1.98%
Only in PWB
Intel Corp 3.55%
Visa Inc 3.54%
Costco Wholesale Corp 3.50%
Mastercard Inc 3.47%
Amazon.com Inc 3.39%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.39%
Alphabet Inc 3.35%
Caterpillar Inc 3.02%
Only in QQEW
Shopify Inc. (Class A) 2.40%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 2.38%
Marvell Technology, Inc. 2.32%
Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.27%
Microsoft Corporation 2.18%
QUALCOMM Incorporated 2.11%
Microchip Technology Incorporated 2.10%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.08%

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On the same fields

PWB
Invesco Large Cap Growth ETF
QQEW
First Trust Nasdaq-100 Select Equal Weight ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +20.2% +9.9%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.0% (IWV) +15.8% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark +5.2 pts vs IWV −6.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.55% 0.55%
Already in the S&P 500 96.9% 90.8%
Holdings 52 50
Net assets $2.6bn $1.8bn

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

About PWB

PWB tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.55% 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 52 positions, with the top ten at 36.0%. It sat 8.9% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

About QQEW

QQEW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +9.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 23.1%. It sat 5.8% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PWB or QQEW?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PWB returned +20.2% and QQEW +9.9%.
Which is cheaper, PWB or QQEW?
Neither: PWB and QQEW both charge 0.55% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do PWB and QQEW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of PWB and 91% of QQEW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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