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QDF vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees

QDF and VIG hold 35% of their weight in the same names, and QDF returned +17.4% over the year. Net assets: $2.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF, and $109.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF.

VIG costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.4 points; VIG is far larger, $130.9bn against $2.2bn.

QDF vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees
QDFVIG
Expense ratio0.39%0.04%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$2.2bn$130.9bn
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+12.0%
What it tracksNorthern Trust Quality Dividend IndexS&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
Holdings in common35%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.4%33.5%

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

+17.4%
QDF total return, 1 year
+12.0%
VIG total return, 1 year
0.39%
QDF expense ratio
0.04%
VIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QDF and VIG hold 35% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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35% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QDF VIG
Apple, Inc. 8.67% 4.50%
Broadcom, Inc. 4.01% 4.34%
Microsoft Corp. 3.97% 4.67%
Johnson & Johnson 2.81% 2.73%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.56% 4.07%
AbbVie, Inc. 2.94% 1.93%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 2.96% 1.86%
Lam Research Corp. 2.57% 1.61%
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) 2.29% 1.44%
KLA Corp. 1.65% 0.98%
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 1.11% 0.78%
QUALCOMM, Inc. 1.10% 0.77%
Only in QDF
NVIDIA Corp. 6.33%
GE Aerospace 2.62%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.40%
Alphabet, Inc. 1.95%
Philip Morris International, Inc. 1.90%
GE Vernova, Inc. 1.44%
Western Digital Corp. 1.27%
Booking Holdings, Inc. 1.06%
Only in VIG
Walmart Inc 1.96%
Merck & Co Inc 1.56%
Home Depot Inc/The 1.39%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.21%
Morgan Stanley 1.09%
Oracle Corp 1.08%
Texas Instruments Inc 1.01%
Amgen Inc 0.99%

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On the same fields

QDF
Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF
VIG
Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Northern Trust Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Dividend growth
Total return, 1 year +17.4% +12.0%
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 85.9% 92.6%
Holdings 123 335
Net assets, QDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and VIG as of Sep 30, 2026 $2.2bn $109.1bn

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

About QDF

QDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 123 positions, with the top ten at 39.4%.

About VIG

VIG tracks an index of Dividend growth. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 335 positions, with the top ten at 33.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QDF or VIG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QDF returned +17.4% and VIG +12.0%.
Which is cheaper, QDF or VIG?
VIG is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QDF and VIG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of QDF and 93% of VIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QDF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIG ↗

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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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