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QUS vs SPHQ: Differences, Returns & Fees

QUS and SPHQ hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and SPHQ returned +18.0% over the year. Net assets: $1.6bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors ETF, and $19.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF.

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; SPHQ is 12.1 times larger.

QUS vs SPHQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
QUSSPHQ
Expense ratio0.15%0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$1.6bn$19.0bn
Total return, 1 year+15.2%+18.0%
What it tracksMSCI USA Factor Mix A-Series Capped Index ?S&P 500 Quality Index
Holdings in common27%
Holdings datedOct 8, 2026Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund23.0%43.7%
Below its high4.6%, high on Jun 30, 2026

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

+15.2%
QUS total return, 1 year
+18.0%
SPHQ total return, 1 year
0.15%
QUS expense ratio
0.15%
SPHQ expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QUS and SPHQ hold 27% 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

27% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QUS SPHQ
APPLE INC 3.26% 5.65%
VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 1.98% 5.84%
MASTERCARD INC A 1.58% 5.90%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.39% 3.81%
PROCTER + GAMBLE CO/THE 1.18% 2.96%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.15% 2.62%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.11% 3.96%
LAM RESEARCH CORP 1.08% 4.30%
NETFLIX INC 0.81% 3.62%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 0.75% 2.27%
KLA CORP 0.71% 2.52%
TJX COMPANIES INC 0.70% 1.39%
Only in QUS
MICROSOFT CORP 3.77%
NVIDIA CORP 2.87%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.62%
ELI LILLY + CO 2.21%
JOHNSON + JOHNSON 1.86%
MERCK + CO. INC. 1.41%
ALPHABET INC CL A 1.32%
WALMART INC 1.27%
Only in SPHQ
APA Corp 0.16%
Ralph Lauren Corp 0.14%
Solventum Corp 0.13%
GoDaddy Inc 0.12%
Jack Henry & Associates Inc 0.12%
Gartner Inc 0.11%
Bio-Techne Corp 0.11%
Tyler Technologies Inc 0.10%

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On the same fields

QUS
State Street SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors ETF
SPHQ
Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer State Street Invesco
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P 500 Quality
Total return, 1 year +15.2% +18.0%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 96.6% 100.0%
Holdings 514 102
Net assets, QUS as of Oct 8, 2026 and SPHQ as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.6bn $19.1bn

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

About QUS

QUS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.2% with distributions reinvested. 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 514 positions, with the top ten at 23.0%.

About SPHQ

SPHQ tracks the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 102 positions, with the top ten at 43.7%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QUS or SPHQ?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUS returned +15.2% and SPHQ +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, QUS or SPHQ?
Neither: QUS and SPHQ both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QUS and SPHQ overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of QUS and 100% of SPHQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗SPHQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPHQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for SPHQ ↗

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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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