QUS vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees

QUS and VIG hold 49% of their weight in the same names, and QUS returned +15.2% over the year. Net assets: $1.6bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors ETF, and $109.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF.

VIG costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points; VIG is far larger, $109.1bn against $1.5bn.

QUS vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees
QUSVIG
Expense ratio0.15%0.04%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$1.5bn$109.1bn
Total return, 1 year+15.2%+12.0%
What it tracksMSCI USA Factor Mix A-Series Capped Index ?S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
Holdings in common49%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund23.0%33.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+15.2%
QUS total return, 1 year
+12.0%
VIG total return, 1 year
0.15%
QUS expense ratio
0.04%
VIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QUS and VIG hold 49% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

half

49% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QUS VIG
MICROSOFT CORP 3.77% 4.67%
APPLE INC 3.26% 4.50%
ELI LILLY + CO 2.21% 3.90%
VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 1.98% 2.50%
JOHNSON + JOHNSON 1.86% 2.73%
MASTERCARD INC A 1.58% 2.03%
MERCK + CO. INC. 1.41% 1.56%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.39% 1.86%
WALMART INC 1.27% 1.96%
PROCTER + GAMBLE CO/THE 1.18% 1.44%
COCA COLA CO/THE 1.15% 1.46%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.14% 2.84%
Only in QUS
NVIDIA CORP 2.87%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.62%
ALPHABET INC CL A 1.32%
ALPHABET INC CL C 1.17%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.15%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.14%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A 1.10%
AMAZON.COM INC 0.99%
Only in VIG
MKTLIQ 0.29%
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.13%
Royal Gold Inc 0.09%
ITT Inc 0.08%
Reinsurance Group of America Inc 0.07%
Albemarle Corp 0.07%
RB Global Inc 0.07%
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc 0.07%

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On the same fields

QUS
State Street SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors ETF
VIG
Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Dividend growth
Total return, 1 year +15.2% +12.0%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 96.6% 92.6%
Holdings 514 335
Net assets, QUS as of Oct 8, 2026 and VIG as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.6bn $109.1bn

QUS and VIG 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 VIG

VIG tracks an index of Dividend growth. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 335 positions, with the top ten at 33.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QUS or VIG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUS returned +15.2% and VIG +12.0%.
Which is cheaper, QUS or VIG?
VIG is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QUS and VIG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 97% of QUS and 93% of VIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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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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