Which returned more over the last year, QGRO or SPYG?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QGRO returned +2.8% and SPYG +15.8%.

Which is cheaper, QGRO or SPYG?

SPYG 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 SPYG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of QGRO and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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QGRO vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees

QGRO and SPYG hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and SPYG returned +15.8% over the year. Net assets: $2.2bn on May 31, 2026 for American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF, and $56.1bn on Oct 20, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF.

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SPYG costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.0 points; SPYG is far larger, $34.6bn against $1.3bn.

QGRO vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees
	QGRO	SPYG
Expense ratio	0.29%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$1.3bn	$34.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+2.8%	+15.8%
What it tracks	American Century U.S. Quality Growth Index	S&P 500 Growth Index
Holdings in common	27%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.9%	60.2%
Below its high		4.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+2.8%

QGRO total return, 1 year

+15.8%

SPYG total return, 1 year

0.29%

QGRO expense ratio

0.04%

SPYG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QGRO and SPYG hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding QGRO SPYG

Apple Inc 3.90% 6.88%

NVIDIA Corp 3.15% 14.45%

Eli Lilly & Co 2.58% 2.73%

Palantir Technologies Inc 2.73% 1.23%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.12% 4.28%

Lam Research Corp 3.07% 0.94%

Mastercard Inc 3.10% 0.92%

Applied Materials Inc 1.50% 0.90%

Netflix Inc 3.10% 0.80%

GE Vernova Inc 1.77% 0.67%

KLA Corp 3.03% 0.60%

Micron Technology Inc 0.57% 2.81%

Only in QGRO

McKesson Corp 2.22%

Costco Wholesale Corp 2.07%

Spotify Technology SA 1.63%

New York Times Co 1.51%

salesforce.com Inc 1.20%

Adobe Inc 1.01%

Penumbra Inc 0.94%

Accenture PLC 0.88%

Only in SPYG

ALPHABET INC CL C 4.45%

BROADCOM INC 4.38%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.76%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 2.73%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.42%

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.66%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC A 0.64%

SANDISK CORP 0.55%

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On the same fields

QGRO

American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF

SPYG

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer American Century State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500 Growth

Total return, 1 year +2.8% +15.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +4.0% (IWF) +15.7% (IVW)

Gap to its benchmark −1.2 pts vs IWF +0.1 pts vs IVW

Expense ratio 0.29% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 79.9% 100.0%

Holdings 189 152

Net assets, QGRO as of May 31, 2026 and SPYG as of Oct 20, 2026 $2.2bn $56.1bn

QGRO and SPYG 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 SPYG

SPYG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.8% with distributions reinvested, against +15.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 152 positions, with the top ten at 60.2%. It sat 4.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QGRO or SPYG?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QGRO returned +2.8% and SPYG +15.8%.
Which is cheaper, QGRO or SPYG?: SPYG 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 SPYG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of QGRO and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

QGRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗American Century website ↗SPYG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPYG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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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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