QQQ vs RPG: Differences, Returns & Fees
QQQ and RPG hold 25% of their weight in the same names, and QQQ returned +17.9% over the year. Net assets on Oct 20, 2026: $484.7bn for Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 and $1.8bn for Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF.
QQQ costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.4 points; QQQ is far larger, $484.7bn against $1.8bn.
| QQQ | RPG | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.18% | 0.35% |
| Net assets | $484.7bn | $1.8bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +17.9% | +15.5% |
| What it tracks | Nasdaq-100 Index | S&P 500 Pure Growth Index |
| Holdings in common | 25% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 47.2% | 29.3% |
| Below its high | 5.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026 | 13.9%, high on Jun 30, 2026 |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.
QQQ and RPG are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- What each follows. QQQ follows Nasdaq-100 Index and RPG follows S&P 500 Pure Growth Index.
- Holdings in common. 25% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 19, 2026).
- One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 QQQ returned +17.9% and RPG +15.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.4 points.
Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.
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What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, QQQ and RPG hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.
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25% in common
On the same fields
QQQ and RPG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About QQQ
QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +17.9% with distributions reinvested, against +18.0% for its benchmark, the Nasdaq-100 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 47.2%. It sat 5.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.
About RPG
RPG tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.5% with distributions reinvested, against +15.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 70 positions, with the top ten at 29.3%. It sat 13.9% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, QQQ or RPG?
- In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQQ returned +17.9% and RPG +15.5%.
- Which is cheaper, QQQ or RPG?
- QQQ is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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