QLC vs SPMO: Differences, Returns & Fees

QLC and SPMO hold 35% of their weight in the same names, and SPMO returned +25.1% over the year. Net assets: $1.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap ETF, and $23.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF.

SPMO costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.3 points.

QLC vs SPMO: Differences, Returns & Fees
QLCSPMO
Expense ratio0.25%0.13%
Net assets, QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 and SPMO as of Oct 9, 2026$1.0bn$23.3bn
Total return, 1 year+19.8%+25.1%
What it tracksNorthern Trust Quality Large Cap IndexS&P 500 Momentum Index
Holdings in common35%
Holdings datedJul 31, 2026Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.6%50.9%
Below its high6.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+19.8%
QLC total return, 1 year
+25.1%
SPMO total return, 1 year
0.25%
QLC expense ratio
0.13%
SPMO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QLC and SPMO hold 35% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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35% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QLC SPMO
Apple, Inc. 7.33% 9.11%
Alphabet, Inc. 4.09% 4.93%
Alphabet, Inc. 3.66% 3.96%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.85% 2.54%
Johnson & Johnson 1.81% 4.46%
Applied Materials, Inc. 1.15% 2.75%
Micron Technology, Inc. 1.09% 9.20%
KLA Corp. 1.08% 1.20%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 1.17% 1.02%
Citigroup, Inc. 1.66% 0.91%
Lam Research Corp. 0.80% 2.91%
Morgan Stanley 0.78% 1.07%
Only in QLC
NVIDIA Corp. 7.10%
Microsoft Corp. 4.25%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.94%
Amazon.com, Inc. 2.59%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.98%
Bank of America Corp. 1.46%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.40%
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.27%
Only in SPMO
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 3.16%
Sandisk Corp 2.51%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 1.83%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.59%
Coca-Cola Co/The 1.55%
Marvell Technology Inc 1.09%
Lumentum Holdings Inc 1.06%
RTX Corp 1.04%

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On the same fields

QLC
Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap ETF
SPMO
Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500 Momentum
Total return, 1 year +19.8% +25.1%
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.13%
Already in the S&P 500 96.4% 100.0%
Holdings 177 101
Net assets, QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 and SPMO as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.0bn $23.3bn

QLC and SPMO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About QLC

QLC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 177 positions, with the top ten at 37.6%.

About SPMO

SPMO tracks the S&P 500 Momentum. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +25.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.13% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 50.9%. It sat 6.3% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QLC or SPMO?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QLC returned +19.8% and SPMO +25.1%.
Which is cheaper, QLC or SPMO?
SPMO is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QLC and SPMO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 96% of QLC and 100% of SPMO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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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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