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IGF vs QTUM: which is really different?

IGF and QTUM hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and QTUM returned +37.0% over the year. iShares Global Infrastructure ETF and Defiance Quantum ETF.

IGF costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 31.7 points; IGF is 1.8 times larger.

IGFQTUM
Expense ratio0.37%0.40%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$10.3bn$5.7bn
Total return, 1 year+5.3%+37.0%
What it tracksInfrastructureQuantum computing
Holdings in common0%
S&P 500, total return, 1 year+17.3%
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearbehind by 11.9 ptsahead by 19.8 pts
Active share vs the S&P 50082%
Below its all-time high8.3%, high on Feb 27, 20269.5%, high on Jun 2, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

31.9%
IGF in the S&P 500
35.7%
QTUM in the S&P 500
+5.3%
IGF total return, 1 year
+37.0%
QTUM total return, 1 year
IGF · 1 year to Oct 9, 202668% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
68% of its weight is outside the S&P 50032% of IGF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 68% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.32%68%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 38% of the fund · 78 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 7% in68% of its weight is outside the S&P 50032% of IGF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 68% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.32%68%inoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · Nasdaq-100: 7% in

32% of IGF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 68% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

QTUM · 1 year to Oct 9, 202664% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
64% of its weight is outside the S&P 50036% of QTUM's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.36%64%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 83% · top ten 18% of the fund · 86 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 28% in64% of its weight is outside the S&P 50036% of QTUM's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.36%64%inoutside the S&P 500active share 83% · Nasdaq-100: 28% in

36% of QTUM's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · IGF scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
0.1, the lowest in this set92.3, the highest

A percentile among the 391 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. All thematic ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IGF and QTUM hold 0% 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.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IGF QTUM
Only in IGF
TRANSURBAN GROUP STAPLED UNITS 4.83%
AENA SME SA 4.73%
NEXTERA ENERGY 4.70%
IBERDROLA 4.14%
GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL PACIFICO A 3.63%
ENBRIDGE 3.60%
AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 3.55%
WILLIAMS 3.08%
Only in QTUM
Global Unichip Corp 2.35%
Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd 1.88%
Elastic Nv 1.81%
Cloudflare Inc 1.80%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 1.80%
Palantir Technologies Inc 1.76%
Nutanix Inc 1.70%
Snowflake Inc 1.65%

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowIGFQTUMIGFQTUMIGFQTUM
3 months−6.2%−1.3%−9.6 pts−4.6 pts−9.9 pts−4.9 pts
6 months−7.3%+30.9%−22.4 pts+15.8 pts−30.5 pts+7.7 pts
1 year+5.3%+37.0%−11.9 pts+19.8 pts−18.2 pts+13.4 pts
3 years+62.1%+220.5%−23.6 pts+134.8 pts−45.1 pts+113.3 pts
Since launch
IGF Dec 2007 · QTUM Sep 2018
+129.4%+558.2%−508.6 pts+353.0 pts−1,460.7 pts+226.3 pts

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On the same fields

IGF
iShares Global Infrastructure ETF · Holds 78 stocks in infrastructure, 32% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
QTUM
Defiance Quantum ETF · Holds 86 stocks in quantum computing, 36% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer iShares Defiance
Theme Infrastructure Quantum computing
In the S&P 500 31.9% 35.7%
Active share vs the S&P 500 98.3% 82.5%
In the Nasdaq-100 7.2% 28.4%
Holdings 78 86
Top ten, share of the fund 38.0% 18.0%
Expense ratio 0.37% 0.40%
Fee for the differing part 0.38% 0.48%
Total return, 1 year +5.3% +37.0%
vs the S&P 500 −11.9 pts +19.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −18.2 pts +13.4 pts
Below its high −8.3% −9.5%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $10.3bn $5.7bn

As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

IGF in plain words

By weight, 32% of IGF's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 38% of the fund across 78 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +5.3% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 11.9 pts. It sits 8.3% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

QTUM in plain words

By weight, 36% of QTUM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 82%. The top ten holdings are 18% of the fund across 86 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +37.0% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 19.8 pts. It sits 9.5% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do IGF and QTUM hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, IGF or QTUM?
IGF has 32% of its weight in S&P 500 names and QTUM has 36%, so IGF differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, IGF or QTUM?
IGF charges 0.37% a year and QTUM charges 0.40%, so IGF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
IGF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗iShares page for IGF ↗QTUM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QTUM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Defiance page for QTUM ↗

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How this is computed

It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation.

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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ETFIQ, IGF against QTUM, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/igf-vs-qtum

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