Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
ETH vs QETH: Tracking, Returns & Fees
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ETH finished 0.98 of a percentage point ahead of Ether and QETH 0.23 behind.
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Net assets: $1.3bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Grayscale Ethereum Staking Mini ETF, and $20m on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco Galaxy Ethereum ETF.
ETH over 1 year: fund −40.36%, Ether −41.34%, 0.98 pt ahead of Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.QETH over 1 year: fund −41.58%, Ether −41.34%, 0.23 pts behind Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.Pair scorecard
ETH costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points.
| Measure | ETH | QETH |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −40.4% | −41.6% |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Ether | Ether |
| Against Ether, same days | 1.0% ahead of | 0.2% behind |
| Other funds holding Ether | −0.2%, 11 funds | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.15% | 0.25% |
| Net assets, ETH as of Jun 30, 2026 and QETH as of Oct 27, 2026 | $1.3bn | $20m |
| Reports to the SEC on | 10-K, not N-PORT | |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
How much of its coin's move it captured, after costs, ranked against 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year. 100 is best. How it is computed
A percentile among the 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year. Share of the coin's own price growth a holder kept; funds on different coins are ranked together. All crypto ETFs ranked by it →
Side by side
As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
Window by window
| Total return | The coin over the same days | Difference, percentage points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | ETH | QETH | ETH | QETH | ETH | QETH |
| 1 month | −11.2% | −11.3% | −11.3% | −11.3% | +0.1 pts | 0.0 pts |
| 3 months | +26.2% | +25.6% | +25.6% | +25.6% | +0.6 pts | 0.0 pts |
| 6 months | +7.2% | +6.0% | +6.1% | +6.1% | +1.0 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 1 year | −40.4% | −41.6% | −41.3% | −41.3% | +1.0 pts | −0.2 pts |
| Since each listedETH Jul 2024 · QETH Jul 2024 | −30.6% | −32.0% | −31.5% | −31.5% | +0.9 pts | −0.5 pts |
The same coin, two trusts
ETH and QETH hold the same asset. Both are 1933 Act trusts holding Ether through a custodian, so neither has a portfolio to compare: the whole of each fund is one line. Over the same days, ETH finished 0.98 of a percentage point ahead of Ether and QETH 0.23 of a percentage point behind, so QETH kept more of what holding the coin gave, by 0.75 of a percentage point. That gap is the fee, the custody, the creation and redemption friction and the market’s pricing of the shares, compounded into one number.
ETH’s own filings say it does (424B3, Aug 7, 2026).
ETH holds Ether through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, Ether moved −41.3% and ETH returned −40.4%. That leaves it 0.98 of a percentage point ahead. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks, and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all of it together. It is the only number on this page the sponsor does not publish itself. ETH charges 0.15% a year and finished 1.0% ahead of Ether, which a fee cannot do on its own. Ether is a proof of stake chain, so a fund holding it can stake. What the prices show is that it finished 1.0% ahead of Ether’s own price over the same days, against −0.2% for the other 11 funds holding Ether. After a fee, an in-kind ETP ahead of the asset it holds got there by staking. A spot trust is not a registered investment company. It files a 10-K rather than an N-PORT, and its holding is one line: the Ether it custodies.
QETH
QETH holds Ether through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, Ether moved −41.3% and QETH returned −41.6%. That leaves it 0.23 of a percentage point behind. QETH charges 0.25% a year and finished 0.2% behind Ether, so the fee is almost the whole of the difference. QETH’s own filings say it does not (10-K, Mar 2, 2026).
Questions people ask
- Which tracked Ether more closely, ETH or QETH?
- Over the window to Oct 28, 2026, ETH finished 0.98 of a percentage point ahead of Ether and QETH 0.23 of a percentage point behind, so QETH tracked it more closely, by 0.75 of a percentage point. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all together.
- Do ETH or QETH pay a staking yield?
- Ether is a proof of stake chain, so staking is possible. Whether either trust stakes, and what the sponsor keeps of it, is a term in its own filings and is read from those rather than assumed.
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