SQS vs VUG: Differences, Returns & Fees
SQS and VUG hold 45% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $1.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Sapient Quality Select ETF, and $232.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF.
VUG costs 0.77 points a year less.
| SQS | VUG | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.80% | 0.03% |
| Net assets, SQS as of Jul 31, 2026 and VUG as of Sep 30, 2026 | $1.4bn | $232.9bn |
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +10.2% |
| What it tracks | not published | Morningstar US Large Cap Growth Index |
| Holdings in common | 45% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 54.2% | 63.1% |
| Below its high | 4.1%, high on Aug 13, 2026 | 4.3%, high on Oct 6, 2026 |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, SQS and VUG hold 45% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
half
45% in common
On the same fields
SQS and VUG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About SQS
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.80% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 35 positions, with the top ten at 54.2%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.
About VUG
VUG tracks an index of US growth. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +10.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 137 positions, with the top ten at 63.1%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, SQS or VUG?
- VUG is cheaper, by 0.77 percentage points a year. That is about $77 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.
How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown
ETFIQ, SQS against VUG, data as of Oct 20, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/sqs-vs-vug
ETFIQ. (Oct 20, 2026). SQS against VUG. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/compare/any/sqs-vs-vug
[SQS against VUG (ETFIQ, Oct 20, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/compare/any/sqs-vs-vug)
Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.