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QLC vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees

QLC and VTI hold 53% 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 $689.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF.

VTI costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.0 points.

QLC vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees
QLCVTI
Expense ratio0.25%0.03%
Net assets, QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026$1.0bn$689.2bn
Total return, 1 year+19.8%+16.8%
What it tracksNorthern Trust Quality Large Cap IndexCRSP US Total Market Index
Holdings in common53%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund37.6%33.5%

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

+19.8%
QLC total return, 1 year
+16.8%
VTI total return, 1 year
0.25%
QLC expense ratio
0.03%
VTI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QLC and VTI hold 53% 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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53% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QLC VTI
NVIDIA Corp. 7.10% 6.88%
Apple, Inc. 7.33% 6.30%
Microsoft Corp. 4.25% 5.11%
Alphabet, Inc. 4.09% 2.70%
Amazon.com, Inc. 2.59% 3.41%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.94% 2.38%
Alphabet, Inc. 3.66% 2.12%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.40% 1.70%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.98% 1.29%
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.27% 1.23%
Eli Lilly & Co. 1.12% 1.33%
Micron Technology, Inc. 1.09% 1.47%
Only in QLC
Royalty Pharma plc 0.46%
Spotify Technology SA 0.33%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. 0.24%
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 0.23%
Electronic Arts, Inc. 0.19%
ICON plc 0.09%
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 0.04%
Only in VTI
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 0.90%
Visa Inc 0.85%
Mastercard Inc 0.63%
Walmart Inc 0.62%
Costco Wholesale Corp 0.57%
Chevron Corp 0.53%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.48%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 0.42%

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On the same fields

QLC
Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap ETF
VTI
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Northern Trust Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of US total market
Total return, 1 year +19.8% +16.8%
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 96.4% 88.1%
Holdings 177 3509
Net assets, QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.0bn $689.2bn

QLC and VTI 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 VTI

VTI tracks an index of US total market. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,509 positions, with the top ten at 33.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QLC or VTI?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QLC returned +19.8% and VTI +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, QLC or VTI?
VTI 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 VTI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 96% of QLC and 88% of VTI 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) ↗VTI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VTI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VTI ↗

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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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