QGRO vs QGRW: Differences, Returns & Fees

QGRO and QGRW hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and QGRW returned +16.8% over the year. Net assets: $2.2bn on May 31, 2026 for American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF, and $2.7bn on Jun 30, 2026 for WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Fund.

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QGRW costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.0 points.

QGRO vs QGRW: Differences, Returns & Fees
QGROQGRW
Expense ratio0.29%0.28%
Net assets, QGRO as of May 31, 2026 and QGRW as of Jun 30, 2026$2.2bn$2.7bn
Total return, 1 year+2.8%+16.8%
What it tracksAmerican Century U.S. Quality Growth IndexWisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Index
Holdings in common31%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund30.9%54.1%
Below its high4.4%, high on Oct 6, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

+2.8%
QGRO total return, 1 year
+16.8%
QGRW total return, 1 year
0.29%
QGRO expense ratio
0.28%
QGRW expense ratio

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

  1. What each follows. QGRO follows American Century U.S. Quality Growth Index and QGRW follows WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Index.
  2. Holdings in common. 31% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 QGRO returned +2.8% and QGRW +16.8% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 14.0 points.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QGRO and QGRW hold 31% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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31% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QGRO QGRW
NVIDIA Corp 3.15% 11.36%
Apple Inc 3.90% 2.82%
Eli Lilly & Co 2.58% 3.35%
Lam Research Corp 3.07% 1.61%
Applied Materials Inc 1.50% 1.69%
Mastercard Inc 3.10% 1.50%
General Electric Co 2.01% 1.34%
KLA Corp 3.03% 1.29%
GE Vernova Inc 1.77% 1.15%
Meta Platforms Inc 1.12% 5.55%
Netflix Inc 3.10% 1.04%
Palantir Technologies Inc 2.73% 0.91%
Only in QGRO
Ralph Lauren Corp 2.23%
McKesson Corp 2.22%
Costco Wholesale Corp 2.07%
Corning Inc 1.86%
Spotify Technology SA 1.63%
New York Times Co 1.51%
Adobe Inc 1.01%
Penumbra Inc 0.94%
Only in QGRW
AMAZON.COM INC 6.82%
BROADCOM INC 3.17%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 2.60%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 2.01%
ORACLE CORP 1.12%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 0.96%
CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC 0.70%
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.63%

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On the same fields

QGRO
American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF
QGRW
WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Fund
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +2.8% +16.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +4.0% (IWF) +15.9% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark −1.2 pts vs IWF +1.0 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.28%
Already in the S&P 500 79.9% 96.7%
Holdings 189 100
Net assets, QGRO as of May 31, 2026 and QGRW as of Jun 30, 2026 $2.2bn $2.7bn

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

About QGRO

QGRO tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 189 positions, with the top ten at 30.9%.

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +4.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth.

About QGRW

QGRW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.28% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 100 positions, with the top ten at 54.1%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QGRO or QGRW?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QGRO returned +2.8% and QGRW +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, QGRO or QGRW?
QGRW is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QGRO and QGRW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 80% of QGRO and 97% of QGRW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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