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QDF vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

QDF and VOO hold 38% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $2.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF, and $1.0tn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

VOO costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points.

QDF vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
QDFVOO
Expense ratio0.39%0.03%
Net assets, QDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026$2.2bn$1.0tn
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+17.3%
What it tracksNorthern Trust Quality Dividend IndexS&P 500 Index
Holdings in common38%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.4%37.8%

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

+17.4%
QDF total return, 1 year
+17.3%
VOO total return, 1 year
0.39%
QDF expense ratio
0.03%
VOO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QDF and VOO hold 38% 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.

half

38% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QDF VOO
Apple, Inc. 8.67% 7.04%
NVIDIA Corp. 6.33% 8.09%
Microsoft Corp. 3.97% 5.70%
Broadcom, Inc. 4.01% 2.65%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.40% 3.01%
Alphabet, Inc. 1.95% 2.40%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.56% 1.44%
Johnson & Johnson 2.81% 0.97%
Eli Lilly & Co. 0.71% 1.38%
AbbVie, Inc. 2.94% 0.69%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 2.96% 0.66%
Lam Research Corp. 2.57% 0.57%
Only in QDF
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 0.63%
Bath & Body Works, Inc. 0.60%
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 0.60%
H&R Block, Inc. 0.56%
Electronic Arts, Inc. 0.56%
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) 0.55%
Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.55%
East West Bancorp, Inc. 0.53%
Only in VOO
Amazon.com Inc 3.85%
Meta Platforms Inc 1.90%
Micron Technology Inc 1.64%
Tesla Inc 1.57%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.40%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.16%
Walmart Inc 0.69%
Intel Corp 0.67%

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On the same fields

QDF
Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF
VOO
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Northern Trust Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +17.4% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +17.3% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark not available 0.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 85.9% 99.7%
Holdings 123 507
Net assets, QDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026 $2.2bn $1.0tn

QDF and VOO 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 VOO

VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% 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 Aug 31, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 507 positions, with the top ten at 37.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QDF or VOO?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QDF returned +17.4% and VOO +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, QDF or VOO?
VOO is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QDF and VOO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of QDF and 100% of VOO 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) ↗VOO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VOO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VOO ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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