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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QGRO returned +1.8% and TGRW −1.2%.

Which is cheaper, QGRO or TGRW?

QGRO is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do QGRO and TGRW overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of QGRO and 93% of TGRW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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QGRO vs TGRW: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QGRO returned +1.8% to TGRW's −1.2%; 28% of their weight is 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 $1.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for T. Rowe Price Growth Stock ETF.

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At a glance

+1.8%

QGRO total return, 1 year

−1.2%

TGRW total return, 1 year

0.29%

QGRO expense ratio

0.52%

TGRW expense ratio

Pair scorecard

QGRO costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.0 points.

QGRO vs TGRW: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	QGRO	TGRW
Return
Measure	QGRO	TGRW
Total return, 1 year	+1.8%	−1.2%
Drawdown
Measure	QGRO	TGRW
Below its high		5.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	QGRO	TGRW
What it tracks	American Century U.S. Quality Growth Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	QGRO	TGRW
Expense ratio	0.29%	0.52%
Net assets, QGRO as of May 31, 2026 and TGRW as of Oct 27, 2026	$2.2bn	$1.1bn
Holdings
Measure	QGRO	TGRW
Holdings in common	28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.9%	58.8%

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

Risk and return

Aug 14, 2020 to Oct 23, 2026 · 323 weekly returns · each against IWF

QGRO TGRW

Return

Total return edge QGRO +120.7% +83.0%

Annualized edge QGRO +13.6% +10.2%

Price return edge QGRO +116.3% +81.9%

Risk

Volatility edge QGRO (slight) 20.1% 21.7%

Max drawdown edge QGRO −31.5% −42.6%

Downside capture 95.5% 104.8%

Beta 0.92 1.06

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge QGRO 0.58 0.41

Sortino edge QGRO 0.87 0.61

Treynor 0.126 0.084

Calmar edge QGRO 0.43 0.24

Against the benchmark

Alpha 0.0% a year −4.4% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.01 −2.74

Information ratio −0.13 −0.89

Tracking error 7.7% 4.1%

Reading

QGRO returned more: +120.7% to +83.0%. QGRO swung slightly less: 20.1% to 21.7%. QGRO fell less at its worst: −31.5% to −42.6%.

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Risk and return: QGRO vs TGRW: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	QGRO	TGRW	IWF	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+120.7%	+83.0%		QGRO	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+13.6%	+10.2%		QGRO	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+116.3%	+81.9%		QGRO	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	20.1%	21.7%		QGRO (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.3%	14.5%		QGRO (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−31.5%	−42.6%		QGRO	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	87.6%	102.3%	100.0%	TGRW	Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	95.5%	104.8%	100.0%	QGRO (slight)	Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	0.92	1.06	1.00	QGRO lower	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.86	0.97	1.00	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.58	0.41		QGRO	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.87	0.61		QGRO	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.126	0.084	0.126	QGRO	Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.43	0.24		QGRO	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	IWF	IWF	IWF		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	0.0% a year	−4.4% a year	0.0%	TGRW significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.01	−2.74		Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−6.0% to +6.0%	−7.5% to −1.2%		QGRO's includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	−0.13	−0.89		QGRO	Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	7.7%	4.1%	0.0%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 323 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

28%

By the books each fund has filed, QGRO and TGRW hold 28% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QGRO TGRW

Apple Inc 3.90% 5.90%

NVIDIA Corp 3.15% 13.88%

Eli Lilly & Co 2.58% 3.41%

Lam Research Corp 3.07% 2.27%

Mastercard Inc 3.10% 1.70%

Applied Materials Inc 1.50% 1.96%

Netflix Inc 3.10% 1.21%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.12% 3.16%

Amphenol Corp 2.33% 1.05%

Intuitive Surgical Inc 1.54% 1.02%

Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.83% 0.88%

KLA Corp 3.03% 0.80%

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Only in QGRO

TJX Cos Inc 3.23%

Ralph Lauren Corp 2.23%

McKesson Corp 2.22%

General Electric Co 2.01%

Corning Inc 1.86%

GE Vernova Inc 1.77%

Monolithic Power Systems Inc 1.69%

Comfort Systems USA Inc 1.52%

Only in TGRW

BROADCOM INC 5.74%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.88%

GE Aerospace 2.05%

AMAZON.COM INC 1.35%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - A 1.07%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 1.01%

ASML HOLDING NV NY 0.91%

SANDISK CORP 0.84%

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Side by side

QGRO American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF TGRW T. Rowe Price Growth Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer American Century T. Rowe Price

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +1.8% −1.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +0.9% (IWF) +0.9% (IWF)

Gap to its benchmark +0.9 pts vs IWF −2.1 pts vs IWF

Expense ratio 0.29% 0.52%

Already in the S&P 500 79.9% 93.1%

Holdings 189 80

Net assets, QGRO as of May 31, 2026 and TGRW as of Oct 27, 2026 $2.2bn $1.1bn

QGRO and TGRW on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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

What each follows. QGRO follows American Century U.S. Quality Growth Index and TGRW follows No index, actively managed.
Holdings in common. 28% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 QGRO returned +1.8% and TGRW −1.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.0 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

QGRO

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%.

TGRW

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.2% with distributions reinvested, against +0.9% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index.

TGRW is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.52% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 80 positions, with the top ten at 58.8%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QGRO or TGRW?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QGRO returned +1.8% and TGRW −1.2%.
Which is cheaper, QGRO or TGRW?: QGRO is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QGRO and TGRW overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of QGRO and 93% of TGRW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

QGRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

American Century website ↗

TGRW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TGRW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

T. Rowe Price website ↗

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

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