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

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QGRO returned +2.8% and VUG +10.2%.

Which is cheaper, QGRO or VUG?

VUG is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of QGRO and 97% of VUG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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QGRO vs VUG: Differences, Returns & Fees

QGRO and VUG hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and VUG returned +10.2% over the year. Net assets: $2.2bn on May 31, 2026 for American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF, and $232.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF.

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VUG costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.4 points.

QGRO vs VUG: Differences, Returns & Fees
	QGRO	VUG
Expense ratio	0.29%	0.03%
Net assets, QGRO as of May 31, 2026 and VUG as of Sep 30, 2026	$2.2bn	$232.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+2.8%	+10.2%
What it tracks	American Century U.S. Quality Growth Index	Morningstar US Large Cap Growth Index
Holdings in common	27%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.9%	63.1%
Below its high		4.3%, 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

+10.2%

VUG total return, 1 year

0.29%

QGRO expense ratio

0.03%

VUG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QGRO and VUG hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding QGRO VUG

Apple Inc 3.90% 12.51%

NVIDIA Corp 3.15% 13.49%

Eli Lilly & Co 2.58% 2.60%

Mastercard Inc 3.10% 1.16%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.12% 4.23%

Lam Research Corp 3.07% 1.11%

Palantir Technologies Inc 2.73% 1.10%

Applied Materials Inc 1.50% 1.10%

Costco Wholesale Corp 2.07% 1.09%

Netflix Inc 3.10% 0.79%

KLA Corp 3.03% 0.70%

GE Vernova Inc 1.77% 0.69%

Only in QGRO

Ralph Lauren Corp 2.23%

McKesson Corp 2.22%

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 VUG

Broadcom Inc 4.34%

Amazon.com Inc 4.26%

Alphabet Inc 4.09%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.66%

Intel Corp 1.45%

Palo Alto Networks Inc 0.88%

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 0.71%

Sandisk Corp 0.70%

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On the same fields

QGRO

American Century U.S. Quality Growth ETF

VUG

Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer American Century Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of US growth

Total return, 1 year +2.8% +10.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +4.0% (IWF) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −1.2 pts vs IWF not measured

Expense ratio 0.29% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 79.9% 97.3%

Holdings 189 137

Net assets, QGRO as of May 31, 2026 and VUG as of Sep 30, 2026 $2.2bn $232.9bn

QGRO and VUG 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 VUG

VUG tracks an index of US growth. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +10.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 137 positions, with the top ten at 63.1%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QGRO or VUG?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QGRO returned +2.8% and VUG +10.2%.
Which is cheaper, QGRO or VUG?: VUG is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QGRO and VUG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of QGRO and 97% of VUG 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 ↗VUG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VUG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VUG ↗

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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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