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QQQE vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees

QQQE and VIG hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and QQQE returned +19.2% over the year. Net assets: $1.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index ETF, and $109.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF.

VIG costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.2 points; VIG is far larger, $130.9bn against $1.3bn.

QQQEVIG
Expense ratio0.35%0.04%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$1.3bn$130.9bn
Total return, 1 year+19.2%+12.0%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQS&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
Holdings in common18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund12.4%33.5%

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

+19.2%
QQQE total return, 1 year
+12.0%
VIG total return, 1 year
0.35%
QQQE expense ratio
0.04%
VIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QQQE and VIG hold 18% 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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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QQQE VIG
MICROSOFT CORP 1.05% 4.67%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.01% 1.78%
APPLE INC 1.01% 4.50%
AMGEN INC 1.16% 0.99%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.98% 1.86%
WALMART INC 0.98% 1.96%
KLA CORP 0.97% 0.98%
LINDE PLC 0.98% 0.96%
LAM RESEARCH CORP 0.94% 1.61%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 0.92% 1.01%
BROADCOM INC 0.89% 4.34%
PEPSICO INC 0.99% 0.82%
Only in QQQE
PAYPAL HOLDINGS INC 1.30%
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC 1.26%
DOORDASH INC 1.25%
COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS PLC 1.23%
PAYCHEX INC 1.23%
PACCAR INC 1.22%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 1.20%
AXON ENTERPRISE INC 1.20%
Only in VIG
JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.07%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.90%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.84%
Johnson & Johnson 2.73%
Visa Inc 2.50%
Mastercard Inc 2.03%
AbbVie Inc 1.93%
Bank of America Corp 1.72%

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On the same fields

QQQE
Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index ETF
VIG
Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Direxion Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Dividend growth
Total return, 1 year +19.2% +12.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +1.9 pts −5.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 86.8% 92.6%
Holdings 103 335
Net assets, QQQE as of Oct 8, 2026 and VIG as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.5bn $109.1bn

QQQE and VIG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

QQQE in plain words

QQQE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 12.4%.

VIG in plain words

VIG tracks an index of Dividend growth. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 335 positions, with the top ten at 33.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QQQE or VIG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQQE returned +19.2% and VIG +12.0%.
Which is cheaper, QQQE or VIG?
VIG is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QQQE and VIG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 87% of QQQE and 93% of VIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QQQE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QQQE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Direxion website ↗VIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIG ↗

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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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