Which returned more over the last year, QQEW or SCHG?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQEW returned +9.9% and SCHG +10.4%.

Which is cheaper, QQEW or SCHG?

SCHG is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do QQEW and SCHG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 91% of QQEW and 95% of SCHG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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QQEW vs SCHG: Differences, Returns & Fees

QQEW and SCHG hold 23% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $1.8bn on Oct 20, 2026 for First Trust Nasdaq-100 Select Equal Weight ETF, and $61.1bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF.

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SCHG costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points.

QQEW vs SCHG: Differences, Returns & Fees
	QQEW	SCHG
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.04%
Net assets, QQEW as of Oct 20, 2026 and SCHG as of May 31, 2026	$1.8bn	$61.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+9.9%	+10.4%
What it tracks	Nasdaq-100 Select Equal Weight Index	Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Total Stock Market Index
Holdings in common	23%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	23.1%	57.2%
Below its high	5.8%, high on Aug 13, 2026	3.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+9.9%

QQEW total return, 1 year

+10.4%

SCHG total return, 1 year

0.55%

QQEW expense ratio

0.04%

SCHG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QQEW and SCHG hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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23% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding QQEW SCHG

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.55% 3.45%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2.37% 2.93%

Apple Inc. 2.24% 9.83%

Microsoft Corporation 2.18% 7.17%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.04% 11.01%

Broadcom Inc. 1.87% 4.55%

Netflix, Inc. 1.78% 1.27%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.16% 1.25%

KLA Corporation 1.96% 0.88%

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.88% 0.79%

Applovin Corp. (Class A) 1.79% 0.58%

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 2.38% 0.53%

Only in QQEW

Shopify Inc. (Class A) 2.40%

Marvell Technology, Inc. 2.32%

Analog Devices, Inc. 2.25%

Texas Instruments Incorporated 2.19%

QUALCOMM Incorporated 2.11%

Microchip Technology Incorporated 2.10%

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.08%

Amgen Inc. 2.05%

Only in SCHG

Amazon.com Inc 5.67%

Alphabet Inc 4.75%

Tesla Inc 3.91%

Alphabet Inc 3.78%

Eli Lilly & Co 3.06%

Visa Inc 1.92%

Costco Wholesale Corp 1.48%

Mastercard Inc 1.40%

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On the same fields

QQEW

First Trust Nasdaq-100 Select Equal Weight ETF

SCHG

Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Schwab

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Growth

Total return, 1 year +9.9% +10.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.8% (IVV) +15.8% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark −6.0 pts vs IVV −5.5 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 90.8% 95.3%

Holdings 50 193

Net assets, QQEW as of Oct 20, 2026 and SCHG as of May 31, 2026 $1.8bn $61.1bn

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

About QQEW

QQEW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +9.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.55% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 23.1%. It sat 5.8% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

About SCHG

SCHG tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Growth. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested, against +15.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 193 positions, with the top ten at 57.2%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QQEW or SCHG?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQEW returned +9.9% and SCHG +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, QQEW or SCHG?: SCHG is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QQEW and SCHG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 91% of QQEW and 95% of SCHG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

QQEW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QQEW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for QQEW ↗SCHG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab website ↗

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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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