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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQEW returned +8.9% and XOVR −3.0%.

Which is cheaper, QQEW or XOVR?

QQEW is cheaper, by 1.26 percentage points a year. That is about $126 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 91% of QQEW and 43% of XOVR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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QQEW vs XOVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QQEW returned +8.9% to XOVR's −3.0%; 13% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for First Trust Nasdaq-100 Select Equal Weight ETF, and $2.2bn on Jun 30, 2026 for ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF.

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At a glance

+8.9%

QQEW total return, 1 year

−3.0%

XOVR total return, 1 year

0.55%

QQEW expense ratio

1.81%

XOVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

QQEW costs 1.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.9 points.

QQEW vs XOVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	QQEW	XOVR
Return
Measure	QQEW	XOVR
Total return, 1 year	+8.9%	−3.0%
Drawdown
Measure	QQEW	XOVR
Below its high	5.1%, high on Aug 13, 2026	6.5%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	QQEW	XOVR
What it tracks	Nasdaq-100 Select Equal Weight Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	QQEW	XOVR
Expense ratio	0.55%	1.81%
Net assets, QQEW as of Oct 27, 2026 and XOVR as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.9bn	$2.2bn
Holdings
Measure	QQEW	XOVR
Holdings in common	13%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	23.5%	63.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

13%

By the books each fund has filed, QQEW and XOVR hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QQEW XOVR

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.22% 4.47%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.03% 9.47%

Astera Labs, Inc. 1.98% 7.75%

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 1.96% 1.77%

Applovin Corp. (Class A) 1.73% 3.95%

Axon Enterprise Inc. 1.54% 2.60%

DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 1.51% 2.04%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.19% 0.56%

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Only in QQEW

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2.44%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.43%

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 2.43%

Texas Instruments Incorporated 2.43%

Analog Devices, Inc. 2.41%

Marvell Technology, Inc. 2.36%

Shopify Inc. (Class A) 2.31%

Apple Inc. 2.25%

Only in XOVR

N/A 17.73%

Alphabet Inc 6.52%

Natera Inc 3.70%

Robinhood Markets Inc 3.55%

Veeva Systems Inc 3.17%

Reddit Inc 2.78%

Affirm Holdings Inc 2.64%

Rocket Lab Corp 2.50%

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Side by side

QQEW First Trust Nasdaq-100 Select Equal Weight ETF XOVR ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust ERShares

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +8.9% −3.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (IVV) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −4.8 pts vs IVV not measured

Expense ratio 0.55% 1.81%

Already in the S&P 500 90.8% 43.4%

Holdings 50 32

Net assets, QQEW as of Oct 27, 2026 and XOVR as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.9bn $2.2bn

QQEW and XOVR on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

QQEW

QQEW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +8.9% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% 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 27, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 23.5%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

XOVR

XOVR is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −3.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 1.81% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 43% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 32 positions, with the top ten at 63.1%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Oct 5, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QQEW or XOVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQEW returned +8.9% and XOVR −3.0%.
Which is cheaper, QQEW or XOVR?: QQEW is cheaper, by 1.26 percentage points a year. That is about $126 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QQEW and XOVR overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 91% of QQEW and 43% of XOVR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

QQEW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QQEW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for QQEW ↗

XOVR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XOVR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ERShares 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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