QGRO vs SCHG: Differences, Returns & Fees

QGRO and SCHG hold 29% of their weight in the same names, and SCHG returned +10.4% over the year. Net assets on May 31, 2026: $2.2bn for American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF and $61.1bn for Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF.

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SCHG costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.6 points; SCHG is far larger, $61.1bn against $2.2bn.

QGRO vs SCHG: Differences, Returns & Fees
QGROSCHG
Expense ratio0.29%0.04%
Net assets, as of May 31, 2026$2.2bn$61.1bn
Total return, 1 year+2.8%+10.4%
What it tracksAmerican Century U.S. Quality Growth IndexDow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Total Stock Market Index
Holdings in common29%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund30.9%57.2%
Below its high3.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026.

+2.8%
QGRO total return, 1 year
+10.4%
SCHG total return, 1 year
0.29%
QGRO expense ratio
0.04%
SCHG expense ratio

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QGRO and SCHG 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 SCHG follows Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Total Stock Market Index.
  2. Holdings in common. 29% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 31, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 QGRO returned +2.8% and SCHG +10.4% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 7.6 points.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QGRO and SCHG hold 29% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026.

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29% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QGRO SCHG
Apple Inc 3.90% 9.83%
NVIDIA Corp 3.15% 11.01%
Eli Lilly & Co 2.58% 3.06%
Costco Wholesale Corp 2.07% 1.48%
Mastercard Inc 3.10% 1.40%
Netflix Inc 3.10% 1.27%
Palantir Technologies Inc 2.73% 1.25%
General Electric Co 2.01% 1.18%
Meta Platforms Inc 1.12% 3.45%
GE Vernova Inc 1.77% 0.91%
KLA Corp 3.03% 0.88%
salesforce.com Inc 1.20% 0.62%
Only in QGRO
TJX Cos Inc 3.23%
Lam Research Corp 3.07%
Amphenol Corp 2.33%
Ralph Lauren Corp 2.23%
Corning Inc 1.86%
Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.83%
Spotify Technology SA 1.63%
New York Times Co 1.51%
Only in SCHG
Amazon.com Inc 5.67%
Broadcom Inc 4.55%
Alphabet Inc 3.78%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.93%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.20%
Linde PLC 0.81%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 0.79%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 0.65%

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On the same fields

QGRO
American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF
SCHG
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Growth
Total return, 1 year +2.8% +10.4%
Its benchmark over the same days +4.0% (IWF) +15.8% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark −1.2 pts vs IWF −5.5 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 79.9% 95.3%
Holdings 189 193
Net assets, as of May 31, 2026 $2.2bn $61.1bn

QGRO and SCHG 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 SCHG

SCHG tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Growth. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested, against +15.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 193 positions, with the top ten at 57.2%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QGRO or SCHG?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QGRO returned +2.8% and SCHG +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, QGRO or SCHG?
SCHG is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QGRO and SCHG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 80% of QGRO and 95% of SCHG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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