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QUAL vs XOP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QUAL returned +13.1% to XOP's +62.5%; 3% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $48.2bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF, and $4.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF.

QUAL on its own →XOP on its own →
At a glance
+13.1%
QUAL total return, 1 year
+62.5%
XOP total return, 1 year
0.15%
QUAL expense ratio
0.35%
XOP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

QUAL costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 49.4 points; QUAL is 10.3 times larger.

QUAL vs XOP: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureQUALXOP
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.1%+62.5%
Drawdown
Below its high24.8%, high on Jun 23, 2014
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality IndexS&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.15%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026$48.3bn$4.7bn
Holdings
Holdings in common3%
In the S&P 500, by weight97%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund44.5%

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

What they share

3%

By the books each fund has filed, QUAL and XOP hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QUAL XOP
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.50% 2.82%
EOG RESOURCES 0.34% 2.82%
DEVON ENERGY 0.19% 2.69%
TEXAS PACIFIC LAND 0.10% 2.27%
EXPAND ENERGY 0.07% 2.52%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in QUAL
MICROSOFT 8.09%
APPLE 7.38%
NVIDIA 6.28%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.06%
ELI LILLY 4.04%
TJX 3.50%
VISA CLASS A 3.44%
LAM RESEARCH 2.84%
Only in XOP
RANGE RESOURCES CORP 3.48%
APA CORP 2.92%
MURPHY OIL CORP 2.89%
OVINTIV INC 2.85%
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP 2.81%
CONOCOPHILLIPS 2.79%
PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP CL A 2.78%
ANTERO RESOURCES CORP 2.77%
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Side by side

QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF XOP State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor Tracks the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Total return, 1 year +13.1% +62.5%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (MLRG) not measured
Gap to its benchmark −0.5 pts vs MLRG not measured
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.35%
Holdings 119 52
Net assets, QUAL as of Oct 28, 2026 and XOP as of Oct 27, 2026 $48.2bn $4.6bn

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

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About each fund
QUAL

QUAL tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 119 positions, with the top ten at 44.5%.

XOP

XOP tracks the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +62.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 24.8% below its high of Jun 23, 2014 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QUAL or XOP?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUAL returned +13.1% and XOP +62.5%.
Which is cheaper, QUAL or XOP?
QUAL 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.
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QUAL on its own →XOP on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →QUAL dividend history →QUAL holdings →XOP dividend history →XOP holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
QUAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QUAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for QUAL ↗
XOP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XOP 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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