Are QALT and VOO in the same category?

QALT is an alternatives ETF and VOO is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which returned more over the last year, QALT or VOO?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QALT returned +6.5% and VOO +14.8%.

Which is cheaper, QALT or VOO?

VOO is cheaper, by 0.77 percentage points a year. That is about $77 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

QALT vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QALT returned +6.5% to VOO's +14.8%, and VOO charges 0.03% to QALT's 0.80%.

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Net assets: $194m on Jun 30, 2026 for SEI DBi Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF, and $1.0tn on Oct 31, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+6.5%

QALT total return, 1 year

+14.8%

VOO total return, 1 year

0.80%

QALT expense ratio

0.03%

VOO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOO costs 0.77 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.3 points.

QALT vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	QALT	VOO
Return
Measure	QALT	VOO
Total return, 1 year	+6.5%	+14.8%
Total return, 52 weeks	+6.2%
Against its benchmark
Measure	QALT	VOO
What it tracks	not published	S&P 500 Index
Treasury bills, 52 weeks	+3.7%
Against cash	2.5 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	QALT	VOO
Expense ratio	0.80%	0.03%
Net assets, QALT as of Jun 30, 2026 and VOO as of Oct 31, 2026	$194m	$1.0tn
Holdings
Measure	QALT	VOO
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		39.1%
Risk
Measure	QALT	VOO
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns	+0.60
Beta to the S&P 500	+0.31: about 0.31% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell	fell 0.49%
Down-week capture	45.7%
Weeks the S&P 500 fell	26 of 52, by 1.07% on average

Method

Side by side

QALT SEI DBi Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Alternatives ETF Stock ETF

Issuer SEI Vanguard

What it is Multi-strategy Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +6.5% +14.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.8% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.80% 0.03%

Holdings not read by ETFIQ 505

Net assets, QALT as of Jun 30, 2026 and VOO as of Oct 31, 2026 $194m $1.0tn

QALT and VOO on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

QALT

QALT is a multi-strategy fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.60 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.31, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.31% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks QALT fell 0.49% on average, a down-week capture of 45.7%. Over the same 52 weeks QALT returned +6.2% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 2.5 percentage points ahead of cash.

VOO

VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

Questions people ask

Are QALT and VOO in the same category?: QALT is an alternatives ETF and VOO is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, QALT or VOO?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QALT returned +6.5% and VOO +14.8%.
Which is cheaper, QALT or VOO?: VOO is cheaper, by 0.77 percentage points a year. That is about $77 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BIL, the T-bill fund these are measured against →SPY, the S&P 500 fund these are measured against →QALT on its own →VOO on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →QALT dividend history →VOO dividend history →VOO holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

QALT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QALT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SEI website ↗

VOO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOO ↗

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