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TQQQ VGT \n Expense ratio 0.78% 0.09% \n Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 $37.9bn $154.5bn \n Total return, 1 year +22.4% +24.7% \n What it tracks Nasdaq-100 ","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, TQQQ against VGT, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/tqqq-vs-vgt","a":{"ticker":"TQQQ","name":"ProShares UltraPro QQQ","issuer":"ProShares","desk":"leverage","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"Over the three months to Oct 28, 2026, TQQQ returned 25.5%, against 28.9% for three times QQQ's daily moves.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/tqqq","key_facts":[{"label":"What QQQ did","value":"+9.8%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"What 3 times a day gives","value":"+28.9%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"What the fund returned","value":"+25.5%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Gap to 3 times a day","value":"\u22123.4 pts","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"0.8%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 23, 2026","value":"$0.156","as_of":"2026-09-23","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$37.3bn","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"issuer page, as of Oct 28, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.78%","as_of":"2026-09-25","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Sep 25, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"VGT","name":"Vanguard Information Tech ETF","issuer":"Vanguard","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"VGT tracks an index of Information technology and returned +24.7% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/vgt","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+24.7%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.09%","as_of":"2026-06-30","source":"497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026"},{"label":"Holdings","value":"320","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":"the issuer\u2019s holdings file"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22124.8%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"0.5%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 23, 2026","value":"$0.1465","as_of":"2026-09-23","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$154.5bn","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":"the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026"}]},"overlap_pct":null,"overlap_note":"ETFIQ does not publish a holdings overlap for this pair. Either the funds are not compared on holdings, or one book is incomplete.","full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/tqqq-vs-vgt"}