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QUAL vs SPYX: Differences, Returns & Fees

QUAL and SPYX hold 45% of their weight in the same names, and QUAL returned +17.1% over the year. Net assets: $49.0bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF, and $2.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P 500 Fossil Fuel Reserves Free ETF.

QUAL costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; QUAL is 17.0 times larger.

QUAL vs SPYX: Differences, Returns & Fees
QUALSPYX
Expense ratio0.15%0.20%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$48.8bn$2.9bn
Total return, 1 year+17.1%+16.4%
What it tracksMSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index ?S&P 500 Fossil Fuel Reserves Free Index
Holdings in common45%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund45.7%40.4%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.1%
QUAL total return, 1 year
+16.4%
SPYX total return, 1 year
0.15%
QUAL expense ratio
0.20%
SPYX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QUAL and SPYX hold 45% 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

45% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QUAL SPYX
APPLE 7.03% 7.68%
NVIDIA 6.49% 8.63%
MICROSOFT 8.01% 6.00%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.62% 2.46%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.97% 3.16%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.54% 2.54%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.81% 1.47%
ELI LILLY 3.65% 1.45%
VISA CLASS A 3.24% 0.99%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.04% 0.95%
WALMART 0.96% 0.76%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 2.28% 0.72%
Only in QUAL
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.31%
EOG RESOURCES 0.31%
DEVON ENERGY 0.18%
COEUR MINING 0.10%
FABRINET 0.10%
EXPAND ENERGY 0.07%
UNITED THERAPEUTICS 0.07%
TRADEWEB MARKETS INC CLASS A 0.04%
Only in SPYX
AMAZON.COM INC 3.86%
BROADCOM INC 2.65%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.81%
TESLA INC 1.63%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.56%
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.36%
INTEL CORP 0.82%
ABBVIE INC 0.74%

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On the same fields

QUAL
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
SPYX
State Street SPDR S&P 500 Fossil Fuel Reserves Free ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.1% +16.4%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.20%
Already in the S&P 500 97.2% 99.8%
Holdings 119 488
Net assets, QUAL as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPYX as of Oct 8, 2026 $49.0bn $2.9bn

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

About QUAL

QUAL tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 119 positions, with the top ten at 45.7%.

About SPYX

SPYX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 488 positions, with the top ten at 40.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QUAL or SPYX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUAL returned +17.1% and SPYX +16.4%.
Which is cheaper, QUAL or SPYX?
QUAL 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 QUAL and SPYX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of QUAL and 100% of SPYX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QUAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QUAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for QUAL ↗SPYX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPYX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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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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