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QGRO vs VONG: Differences, Returns & Fees

QGRO and VONG hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and VONG returned +4.1% over the year. Net assets: $2.2bn on May 31, 2026 for American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF, and $47.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF.

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VONG costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.3 points.

QGRO vs VONG: Differences, Returns & Fees
QGROVONG
Expense ratio0.29%0.06%
Net assets, QGRO as of May 31, 2026 and VONG as of Sep 30, 2026$2.2bn$47.1bn
Total return, 1 year+2.8%+4.1%
What it tracksAmerican Century U.S. Quality Growth IndexRussell 1000 Growth Index
Holdings in common31%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund30.9%57.6%
Below its high5.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026

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

+2.8%
QGRO total return, 1 year
+4.1%
VONG total return, 1 year
0.29%
QGRO expense ratio
0.06%
VONG expense ratio

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What they hold in common

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

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31% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QGRO VONG
Apple Inc 3.90% 7.65%
NVIDIA Corp 3.15% 15.63%
Eli Lilly & Co 2.58% 2.71%
Mastercard Inc 3.10% 1.31%
Palantir Technologies Inc 2.73% 1.22%
Lam Research Corp 3.07% 1.21%
Applied Materials Inc 1.50% 1.19%
Meta Platforms Inc 1.12% 3.83%
General Electric Co 2.01% 0.95%
Netflix Inc 3.10% 0.85%
GE Vernova Inc 1.77% 0.75%
KLA Corp 3.03% 0.75%
Only in QGRO
New York Times Co 1.51%
salesforce.com Inc 1.20%
Accenture PLC 0.88%
Evercore Inc 0.68%
Incyte Corp 0.64%
Nutanix Inc 0.64%
CNX Resources Corp 0.52%
Cirrus Logic Inc 0.40%
Only in VONG
Broadcom Inc 4.79%
Alphabet Inc 4.75%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.92%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 0.94%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 0.78%
Sandisk Corp 0.74%
Oracle Corp 0.69%
Marvell Technology Inc 0.68%

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On the same fields

QGRO
American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF
VONG
Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer American Century Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the Russell 1000 Growth
Total return, 1 year +2.8% +4.1%
Its benchmark over the same days +4.0% (IWF) +4.0% (IWF)
Gap to its benchmark −1.2 pts vs IWF +0.2 pts vs IWF
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.06%
Already in the S&P 500 79.9% 95.5%
Holdings 189 373
Net assets, QGRO as of May 31, 2026 and VONG as of Sep 30, 2026 $2.2bn $47.1bn

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

About QGRO

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

About VONG

VONG tracks the Russell 1000 Growth. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +4.1% with distributions reinvested, against +4.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 373 positions, with the top ten at 57.6%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QGRO or VONG?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QGRO returned +2.8% and VONG +4.1%.
Which is cheaper, QGRO or VONG?
VONG 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 VONG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 80% of QGRO and 96% of VONG 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 ↗VONG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VONG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VONG ↗

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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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