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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QTEC returned +29.4% and XNTK +24.9%.

Which is cheaper, QTEC or XNTK?

XNTK is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 81% of QTEC and 90% of XNTK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

QTEC vs XNTK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QTEC returned +29.4% to XNTK's +24.9%; 43% 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 $1.9bn for State Street SPDR NYSE Technology ETF.

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At a glance

+29.4%

QTEC total return, 1 year

+24.9%

XNTK total return, 1 year

0.55%

QTEC expense ratio

0.35%

XNTK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XNTK costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points; QTEC is 2.4 times larger.

QTEC vs XNTK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	QTEC	XNTK
Return
Measure	QTEC	XNTK
Total return, 1 year	+29.4%	+24.9%
Drawdown
Measure	QTEC	XNTK
Below its high	7.6%, high on Oct 6, 2026	6.9%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	QTEC	XNTK
What it tracks	Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector Index	NYSE Technology Index
Cost and size
Measure	QTEC	XNTK
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$4.6bn	$1.9bn
Holdings
Measure	QTEC	XNTK
Holdings in common	43%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	25.2%	48.1%

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

Risk and return

May 12, 2006 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,067 weekly returns · each against IVV

QTEC XNTK

Return

Total return edge XNTK +1,660.9% +1,906.2%

Annualized edge XNTK (slight) +15.0% +15.7%

Price return edge QTEC +1,499.9% +1,246.2%

Risk

Volatility edge XNTK (slight) 24.3% 23.4%

Max drawdown edge XNTK (slight) −57.8% −56.5%

Downside capture 115.4% 112.7%

Beta 1.19 1.16

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge XNTK (slight) 0.63 0.67

Sortino edge XNTK (slight) 0.92 0.98

Treynor 0.128 0.135

Calmar edge XNTK (slight) 0.26 0.28

Against the benchmark

Alpha +2.9% a year +3.6% a year

Alpha t-stat 1.07 1.45

Information ratio 0.39 0.46

Tracking error 12.6% 11.6%

Reading

XNTK returned more: +1,906.2% to +1,660.9%. XNTK swung slightly less: 23.4% to 24.3%. XNTK fell slightly less at its worst: −56.5% to −57.8%.

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Risk and return: QTEC vs XNTK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	QTEC	XNTK	IVV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+1,660.9%	+1,906.2%		XNTK	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.0%	+15.7%		XNTK (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+1,499.9%	+1,246.2%		QTEC	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	24.3%	23.4%		XNTK (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	16.6%	15.9%		XNTK (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−57.8%	−56.5%		XNTK (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	151.5%	145.3%	100.0%	QTEC (slight)	Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	115.4%	112.7%	100.0%	XNTK (slight)	Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.19	1.16	1.00	XNTK lower	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.75	0.77	1.00	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.63	0.67		XNTK (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.92	0.98		XNTK (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.128	0.135	0.104	XNTK (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.26	0.28		XNTK (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	IVV	IVV	IVV		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+2.9% a year	+3.6% a year	0.0%	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	1.07	1.45		Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−2.4% to +8.2%	−1.3% to +8.5%		Both include zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.39	0.46		XNTK	Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	12.6%	11.6%	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, 1,067 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

43%

By the books each fund has filed, QTEC and XNTK hold 43% 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 XNTK

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2.61% 5.87%

Texas Instruments Incorporated 2.60% 3.80%

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 2.54% 4.69%

Marvell Technology, Inc. 2.52% 6.37%

Apple Inc. 2.40% 2.75%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.34% 2.39%

Intel Corporation 2.30% 5.47%

Microsoft Corporation 2.30% 2.45%

QUALCOMM Incorporated 2.37% 2.28%

Shopify Inc. (Class A) 2.47% 2.23%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.16% 2.75%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.38% 2.13%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in QTEC

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.60%

Analog Devices, Inc. 2.58%

NXP Semiconductors N.V. 2.47%

Microchip Technology Incorporated 2.39%

Thomson Reuters Corporation 2.38%

Fortinet, Inc. 2.37%

Synopsys, Inc. 2.37%

Strategy Incorporated (Class A) 2.33%

Only in XNTK

ARISTA NETWORKS INC 3.31%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR 3.30%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 3.16%

AMPHENOL CORP CL A 2.67%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.47%

SALESFORCE INC 2.03%

SERVICENOW INC 1.98%

TESLA INC 1.96%

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Side by side

QTEC First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund XNTK State Street SPDR NYSE Technology ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +29.4% +24.9%

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

Gap to its benchmark +15.7 pts vs IVV +11.2 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 80.9% 90.2%

Holdings 47 35

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $4.6bn $1.9bn

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

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QTEC and XNTK 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 XNTK follows NYSE Technology Index.
Holdings in common. 43% 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 XNTK +24.9% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 4.5 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.

XNTK

XNTK tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.9% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% 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 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 35 positions, with the top ten at 48.1%. It sat 6.9% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QTEC or XNTK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QTEC returned +29.4% and XNTK +24.9%.
Which is cheaper, QTEC or XNTK?: XNTK is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QTEC and XNTK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 81% of QTEC and 90% of XNTK 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) ↗

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XNTK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XNTK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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

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