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QLC vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

QLC and VOO hold 57% of their weight in the same names, and QLC returned +19.8% over the year. Net assets: $1.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap ETF, and $1.0tn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

VOO costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points.

QLC vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
QLCVOO
Expense ratio0.25%0.03%
Net assets, QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026$1.0bn$1.0tn
Total return, 1 year+19.8%+17.3%
What it tracksNorthern Trust Quality Large Cap IndexS&P 500 Index
Holdings in common57%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.6%37.8%

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

+19.8%
QLC total return, 1 year
+17.3%
VOO total return, 1 year
0.25%
QLC expense ratio
0.03%
VOO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QLC and VOO hold 57% 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 Aug 31, 2026.

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57% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QLC VOO
NVIDIA Corp. 7.10% 8.09%
Apple, Inc. 7.33% 7.04%
Microsoft Corp. 4.25% 5.70%
Alphabet, Inc. 4.09% 3.01%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.94% 2.65%
Amazon.com, Inc. 2.59% 3.85%
Alphabet, Inc. 3.66% 2.40%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.98% 1.44%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.40% 1.90%
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.27% 1.40%
Eli Lilly & Co. 1.12% 1.38%
Micron Technology, Inc. 1.09% 1.64%
Only in QLC
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 0.63%
Royalty Pharma plc 0.46%
Spotify Technology SA 0.33%
Medpace Holdings, Inc. 0.31%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. 0.24%
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 0.23%
Tenet Healthcare Corp. 0.21%
Paycom Software, Inc. 0.21%
Only in VOO
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.01%
Visa Inc 0.93%
Mastercard Inc 0.72%
Walmart Inc 0.69%
Costco Wholesale Corp 0.63%
Chevron Corp 0.58%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.54%
Coca-Cola Co/The 0.52%

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On the same fields

QLC
Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap ETF
VOO
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Northern Trust Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +19.8% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +17.3% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark not available 0.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 96.4% 99.7%
Holdings 177 507
Net assets, QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.0bn $1.0tn

QLC and VOO 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 VOO

VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 507 positions, with the top ten at 37.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QLC or VOO?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QLC returned +19.8% and VOO +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, QLC or VOO?
VOO is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QLC and VOO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 96% of QLC and 100% of VOO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QLC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VOO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VOO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VOO ↗

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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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