Which returned more over the last year, QTEC or RSPT?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QTEC returned +29.4% and RSPT +43.9%.

Which is cheaper, QTEC or RSPT?

RSPT is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do QTEC and RSPT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 81% of QTEC and 100% of RSPT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

QTEC vs RSPT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QTEC returned +29.4% to RSPT's +43.9%; 44% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $4.6bn for First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund and $6.2bn for Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF.

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At a glance

+29.4%

QTEC total return, 1 year

+43.9%

RSPT total return, 1 year

0.55%

QTEC expense ratio

0.40%

RSPT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

RSPT costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.5 points; RSPT is 1.3 times larger.

QTEC vs RSPT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	QTEC	RSPT
Return
Measure	QTEC	RSPT
Total return, 1 year	+29.4%	+43.9%
Drawdown
Measure	QTEC	RSPT
Below its high	7.6%, high on Oct 6, 2026	4.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	QTEC	RSPT
What it tracks	Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector Index	S&P 500 Equal Weight Information Technology Index
Cost and size
Measure	QTEC	RSPT
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.40%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$4.6bn	$6.2bn
Holdings
Measure	QTEC	RSPT
Holdings in common	44%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	25.2%	16.7%

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

Risk and return

Nov 17, 2006 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,040 weekly returns · each against IVV

QTEC RSPT

Return

Total return edge QTEC (slight) +1,505.8% +1,377.6%

Annualized edge QTEC (slight) +14.9% +14.4%

Price return edge QTEC +1,359.0% +1,174.9%

Risk

Volatility edge RSPT (slight) 24.4% 22.4%

Max drawdown edge Tie −57.8% −58.4%

Downside capture 115.1% 110.5%

Beta 1.19 1.14

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge RSPT (slight) 0.63 0.64

Sortino edge Tie 0.91 0.93

Treynor 0.128 0.126

Calmar edge QTEC (slight) 0.26 0.25

Against the benchmark

Alpha +3.0% a year +2.6% a year

Alpha t-stat 1.11 1.24

Information ratio 0.40 0.42

Tracking error 12.6% 9.8%

Reading

QTEC returned slightly more: +1,505.8% to +1,377.6%. RSPT swung slightly less: 22.4% to 24.4%. QTEC and RSPT fell about the same at their worst: −57.8% and −58.4%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: QTEC vs RSPT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	QTEC	RSPT	IVV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+1,505.8%	+1,377.6%		QTEC (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.9%	+14.4%		QTEC (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+1,359.0%	+1,174.9%		QTEC	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	24.4%	22.4%		RSPT (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	16.7%	15.5%		RSPT (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−57.8%	−58.4%		Tie	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	151.4%	135.4%	100.0%	QTEC	Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	115.1%	110.5%	100.0%	RSPT (slight)	Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.19	1.14	1.00	RSPT lower	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.75	0.82	1.00	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.63	0.64		RSPT (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.91	0.93		Tie	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.128	0.126	0.103	Tie	Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.26	0.25		QTEC (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	IVV	IVV	IVV		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+3.0% a year	+2.6% a year	0.0%	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	1.11	1.24		Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−2.3% to +8.3%	−1.5% to +6.8%		Both include zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.40	0.42		RSPT (slight)	Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	12.6%	9.8%	0.0%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 1,040 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

44%

By the books each fund has filed, QTEC and RSPT hold 44% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QTEC RSPT

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 2.54% 1.67%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.60% 1.61%

Synopsys, Inc. 2.37% 1.56%

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 2.22% 1.56%

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 2.30% 1.55%

Texas Instruments Incorporated 2.60% 1.52%

Fortinet, Inc. 2.37% 1.52%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.34% 1.51%

Autodesk, Inc. 2.05% 1.51%

Analog Devices, Inc. 2.58% 1.50%

NXP Semiconductors N.V. 2.47% 1.47%

Roper Technologies, Inc. 2.24% 1.44%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in QTEC

Shopify Inc. (Class A) 2.47%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.38%

Thomson Reuters Corporation 2.38%

Strategy Incorporated (Class A) 2.33%

Astera Labs, Inc. 2.12%

ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.11%

Arm Holdings Plc 2.05%

PDD Holdings Inc. (ADR) 2.05%

Only in RSPT

PTC Inc 1.95%

Everpure Inc 1.84%

Accenture PLC 1.74%

Gartner Inc 1.68%

NetApp Inc 1.59%

ServiceNow Inc 1.52%

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp 1.47%

F5 Inc 1.47%

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Side by side

QTEC First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund RSPT Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Invesco

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +29.4% +43.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (IVV) +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark +15.7 pts vs IVV +30.2 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.40%

Already in the S&P 500 80.9% 99.8%

Holdings 47 77

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $4.6bn $6.2bn

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

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QTEC and RSPT are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. QTEC follows Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector Index and RSPT follows S&P 500 Equal Weight Information Technology Index.
Holdings in common. 44% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 QTEC returned +29.4% and RSPT +43.9% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 14.5 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

QTEC

QTEC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +29.4% 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, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 47 positions, with the top ten at 25.2%. It sat 7.6% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

RSPT

RSPT tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +43.9% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 77 positions, with the top ten at 16.7%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QTEC or RSPT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QTEC returned +29.4% and RSPT +43.9%.
Which is cheaper, QTEC or RSPT?: RSPT is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QTEC and RSPT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 81% of QTEC and 100% of RSPT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

QTEC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QTEC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for QTEC ↗

RSPT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RSPT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for RSPT ↗

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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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