ETF comparison
IQLT vs QQQ
Quality Factor vs US Large Cap Growth.
Holdings overlap
1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IQLT and QQQ would leave roughly 0.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
QQQ is 12 bps cheaper than IQLT. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for IQLT.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with IQLT vs QQQ.
Top shared holdings
1 shared in total| # | Holding | In IQLT | In QQQ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS PLC | 0.09% | 0.23% | 0.09% |
Only in IQLT
296 total- ASML Holding N.V. 6.04%
- SHELL PLC 2.55%
- Allianz SE 2.49%
- Novartis AG 2.25%
- ABB Ltd 2.21%
- Roche Holding AG 2.17%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 2.02%
- Nestle S.A. 1.99%
- Zurich Insurance Group AG 1.61%
- Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. 1.55%
Only in QQQ
100 total- NVIDIA Corp. 8.68%
- Apple Inc. 7.63%
- Microsoft Corp. 5.63%
- Amazon.com, Inc. 4.58%
- Tesla, Inc. 3.80%
- Meta Platforms, Inc. 3.46%
- Walmart Inc. 3.43%
- Alphabet Inc. 3.43%
- Alphabet Inc. 3.20%
- Broadcom Inc. 3.01%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.