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QUAL vs USXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

QUAL and USXF hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and USXF returned +20.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $49.0bn for iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF and $1.5bn for iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF.

USXF costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.9 points; QUAL is far larger, $49.0bn against $1.5bn.

QUALUSXF
Expense ratio0.15%0.10%
Net assets$49.0bn$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year+17.1%+20.0%
What it tracksMSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index ?MSCI USA Choice ESG Screened Index
Holdings in common31%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund45.8%39.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+17.1%
QUAL total return, 1 year
+20.0%
USXF total return, 1 year
0.15%
QUAL expense ratio
0.10%
USXF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QUAL and USXF hold 31% 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.

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31% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QUAL USXF
NVIDIA 6.56% 13.09%
VISA CLASS A 3.17% 2.44%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 2.23% 1.82%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 3.04% 1.58%
LAM RESEARCH 3.73% 1.57%
KLA 2.59% 1.01%
ARISTA NETWORKS 1.58% 0.88%
LINDE PLC 1.00% 0.87%
TJX 3.42% 0.60%
ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 0.84% 0.50%
PROLOGIS REIT 0.73% 0.47%
FORTINET 1.32% 0.46%
Only in QUAL
MICROSOFT 7.86%
APPLE 7.14%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.66%
ELI LILLY 3.64%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.31%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.01%
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.96%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.80%
Only in USXF
BROADCOM INC 6.37%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.58%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.96%
INTEL CORPORATION 1.84%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.77%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS 1.27%
HOME DEPOT 1.15%
TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 1.03%

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On the same fields

QUAL
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
USXF
iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.1% +20.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −0.2 pts +2.8 pts
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.10%
Already in the S&P 500 97.2% 95.6%
Holdings 119 283
Net assets $49.0bn $1.5bn

QUAL and USXF 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%.

USXF in plain words

USXF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 283 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QUAL or USXF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUAL returned +17.1% and USXF +20.0%.
Which is cheaper, QUAL or USXF?
USXF 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 USXF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of QUAL and 96% of USXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QUAL and USXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QUAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for QUAL ↗USXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for USXF ↗

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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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