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QUAL vs TDVG: Differences, Returns & Fees

QUAL and TDVG hold 28% of their weight in the same names, and QUAL returned +17.1% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $49.0bn for iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF and $1.3bn for T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth ETF.

QUAL costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.8 points; QUAL is far larger, $49.0bn against $1.3bn.

QUALTDVG
Expense ratio0.15%0.50%
Net assets$49.0bn$1.3bn
Total return, 1 year+17.1%+13.3%
What it tracksMSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index ?No index, actively managed
Holdings in common28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund45.8%29.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+17.1%
QUAL total return, 1 year
+13.3%
TDVG total return, 1 year
0.15%
QUAL expense ratio
0.50%
TDVG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QUAL and TDVG hold 28% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QUAL TDVG
APPLE 7.14% 5.42%
MICROSOFT 7.86% 3.87%
VISA CLASS A 3.17% 2.73%
KLA 2.59% 2.72%
ELI LILLY 3.64% 1.86%
ROSS STORES INC 1.36% 1.32%
LINDE PLC 1.00% 1.49%
WALMART 0.95% 1.59%
COCA-COLA 0.79% 1.43%
TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 0.79% 0.85%
GILEAD SCIENCES 0.68% 0.96%
HOWMET AEROSPACE 0.64% 1.34%
Only in QUAL
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.66%
LAM RESEARCH 3.73%
TJX 3.42%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 3.04%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.31%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 2.23%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.96%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.80%
Only in TDVG
BROADCOM INC 3.68%
J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO. 3.08%
GE Aerospace 2.46%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.91%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 1.73%
MORGAN STANLEY 1.66%
ANALOG DEVICES INC 1.66%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.61%

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On the same fields

QUAL
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
TDVG
T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares T. Rowe Price
What it is Tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +17.1% +13.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −0.2 pts −3.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.50%
Already in the S&P 500 97.2% 95.7%
Holdings 119 97
Net assets $49.0bn $1.3bn

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

QUAL in plain words

QUAL tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 119 positions, with the top ten at 45.8%.

TDVG in plain words

TDVG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 97 positions, with the top ten at 29.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QUAL or TDVG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUAL returned +17.1% and TDVG +13.3%.
Which is cheaper, QUAL or TDVG?
QUAL is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QUAL and TDVG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of QUAL and 96% of TDVG 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 ↗TDVG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗TDVG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗T. Rowe Price 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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