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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QTEC returned +29.4% and TDIV +16.3%.

Which is cheaper, QTEC or TDIV?

TDIV is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 81% of QTEC and 79% of TDIV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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QTEC vs TDIV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QTEC returned +29.4% to TDIV's +16.3%; 21% 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 $4.4bn for First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund.

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At a glance

+29.4%

QTEC total return, 1 year

+16.3%

TDIV total return, 1 year

0.55%

QTEC expense ratio

0.50%

TDIV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

TDIV costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.1 points.

QTEC vs TDIV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	QTEC	TDIV
Return
Measure	QTEC	TDIV
Total return, 1 year	+29.4%	+16.3%
Drawdown
Measure	QTEC	TDIV
Below its high	7.6%, high on Oct 6, 2026	7.9%, high on Jun 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	QTEC	TDIV
What it tracks	Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector Index	Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index
Cost and size
Measure	QTEC	TDIV
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$4.6bn	$4.4bn
Holdings
Measure	QTEC	TDIV
Holdings in common	21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	25.2%	57.2%

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

Risk and return

Aug 24, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026 · 739 weekly returns

QTEC TDIV

Return

Total return edge QTEC +1,154.5% +679.4%

Annualized edge QTEC +19.5% +15.5%

Price return edge QTEC +1,048.8% +466.5%

Risk

Volatility edge TDIV 23.4% 17.9%

Max drawdown edge TDIV −45.5% −30.5%

Downside capture 115.4% 105.8%

Beta 1.19 1.03

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge Tie 0.80 0.80

Sortino edge Tie 1.20 1.18

Treynor 0.128 0.138

Calmar edge TDIV 0.43 0.51

Against the benchmark

Alpha +2.9% a year +0.7% a year

Alpha t-stat 1.07 0.37

Information ratio 0.39 0.16

Tracking error 12.6% 7.4%

Each against its own benchmark: QTEC against IVV, May 12, 2006 to Oct 23, 2026; TDIV against VOO, Aug 24, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

QTEC returned more: +1,154.5% to +679.4%. TDIV swung less: 17.9% to 23.4%. TDIV fell less at its worst: −30.5% to −45.5%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: QTEC vs TDIV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	QTEC	TDIV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+1,154.5%	+679.4%	QTEC	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+19.5%	+15.5%	QTEC	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+1,048.8%	+466.5%	QTEC	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	23.4%	17.9%	TDIV	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	15.6%	12.1%	TDIV	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−45.5%	−30.5%	TDIV	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	151.5%	112.8%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	115.4%	105.8%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.19	1.03	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.75	0.83	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.80	0.80	Tie	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.20	1.18	Tie	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.128	0.138		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.43	0.51	TDIV	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	IVV	VOO		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+2.9% a year	+0.7% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	1.07	0.37	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−2.4% to +8.2%	−3.2% to +4.6%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.39	0.16		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	12.6%	7.4%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 739 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

21%

By the books each fund has filed, QTEC and TDIV hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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21% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QTEC TDIV

Texas Instruments Incorporated 2.60% 9.37%

Analog Devices, Inc. 2.58% 3.55%

Thomson Reuters Corporation 2.38% 2.78%

QUALCOMM Incorporated 2.37% 4.27%

Microsoft Corporation 2.30% 8.29%

Broadcom Inc. 2.03% 7.32%

Intuit Inc. 2.00% 1.79%

NXP Semiconductors N.V. 2.47% 1.72%

Microchip Technology Incorporated 2.39% 1.61%

ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.11% 1.23%

Roper Technologies, Inc. 2.24% 0.54%

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Only in QTEC

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2.61%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.60%

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 2.54%

Marvell Technology, Inc. 2.52%

Shopify Inc. (Class A) 2.47%

Apple Inc. 2.40%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.38%

Fortinet, Inc. 2.37%

Only in TDIV

International Business Machines Corporation 8.47%

Oracle Corporation 6.93%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (ADR) 4.16%

Vistance Networks Inc. 2.06%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.99%

Salesforce, Inc. 1.97%

HP Inc. 1.79%

TELUS Corporation 1.76%

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Side by side

QTEC First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund TDIV First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust First Trust

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +29.4% +16.3%

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

Gap to its benchmark +15.7 pts vs IVV +2.6 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.50%

Already in the S&P 500 80.9% 78.8%

Holdings 47 87

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $4.6bn $4.4bn

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

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QTEC and TDIV 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 TDIV follows Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index.
Holdings in common. 21% 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 TDIV +16.3% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 13.1 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.

TDIV

TDIV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 79% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 87 positions, with the top ten at 57.2%. It sat 7.9% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QTEC or TDIV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QTEC returned +29.4% and TDIV +16.3%.
Which is cheaper, QTEC or TDIV?: TDIV is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QTEC and TDIV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 81% of QTEC and 79% of TDIV 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 ↗

TDIV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TDIV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for TDIV ↗

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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