QQQM vs SQS: Differences, Returns & Fees

QQQM and SQS hold 41% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $108.5bn on Oct 20, 2026 for Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF, and $1.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Sapient Quality Select ETF.

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QQQM costs 0.65 points a year less.

QQQM vs SQS: Differences, Returns & Fees
QQQMSQS
Expense ratio0.15%0.80%
Net assets, QQQM as of Oct 20, 2026 and SQS as of Jul 31, 2026$108.5bn$1.4bn
Total return, 1 year+18.0%not published
What it tracksNasdaq-100 Indexnot published
Holdings in common41%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund47.2%54.2%
Below its high5.5%, high on Oct 6, 20264.1%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+18.0%
QQQM total return, 1 year
+9.7%
SQS total return, since launch, Mar 16, 2026
0.15%
QQQM expense ratio
0.80%
SQS expense ratio

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QQQM and SQS hold 41% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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41% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QQQM SQS
NVIDIA Corp 8.17% 9.01%
Apple Inc 7.82% 7.77%
Amazon.com Inc 4.42% 5.86%
Micron Technology Inc 4.41% 3.52%
Alphabet Inc 3.15% 7.92%
Microsoft Corp 6.19% 3.01%
Broadcom Inc 2.49% 4.32%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.28% 2.44%
Costco Wholesale Corp 1.90% 1.81%
Netflix Inc 1.25% 1.80%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 1.22% 3.30%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.55% 1.07%
Only in QQQM
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.79%
Tesla Inc 3.02%
Alphabet Inc 2.94%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.74%
Walmart Inc 2.49%
Intel Corp 2.08%
Palantir Technologies Inc 1.93%
Cisco Systems Inc 1.82%
Only in SQS
Eli Lilly & Co 4.86%
Vistra Corp 4.25%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 3.39%
GE Vernova Inc 2.85%
Ascendis Pharma A/S 2.63%
Vertiv Holdings Co 2.43%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.27%
Bank of America Corp 2.04%

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On the same fields

QQQM
Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF
SQS
Sapient Quality Select ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Invesco Sapient Capital
What it is Tracks the Nasdaq-100 Equity fund
Total return, 1 year +18.0% +9.7% (since launch, Mar 16, 2026)
Its benchmark over the same days +17.9% (QQQ) not measured
Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs QQQ not measured
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.80%
Already in the S&P 500 95.7% 91.7%
Holdings 105 35
Net assets, QQQM as of Oct 20, 2026 and SQS as of Jul 31, 2026 $108.5bn $1.4bn

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

About QQQM

QQQM tracks the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.9% for its benchmark, the Nasdaq-100 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% 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 105 positions, with the top ten at 47.2%. It sat 5.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

About SQS

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.80% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 35 positions, with the top ten at 54.2%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QQQM or SQS?
QQQM is cheaper, by 0.65 percentage points a year. That is about $65 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QQQM and SQS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 96% of QQQM and 92% of SQS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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