Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
QGRO vs SQS: Differences, Returns & Fees
QGRO and SQS hold 26% of their weight in the same names.
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Net assets: $2.2bn on May 31, 2026 for American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF, and $1.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Sapient Quality Select ETF.
Pair scorecard
QGRO costs 0.51 points a year less.
| Measure | QGRO | SQS |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +1.8% | not published |
| Drawdown | ||
| Below its high | 3.5%, high on Aug 13, 2026 | |
| Benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | American Century U.S. Quality Growth Index | not published |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.29% | 0.80% |
| Net assets, QGRO as of May 31, 2026 and SQS as of Jul 31, 2026 | $2.2bn | $1.4bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 26% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 30.9% | 54.2% |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026. Method
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, QGRO and SQS hold 26% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.
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26% in common
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Side by side
QGRO and SQS on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.8% with distributions reinvested, against +0.9% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth.
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%.
SQS
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.80% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 35 positions, with the top ten at 54.2%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, QGRO or SQS?
- QGRO is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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