ETF comparison
IVV vs QUAL
US Large Cap vs Quality Factor.
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF · iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
Holdings overlap
114 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IVV and QUAL would leave roughly 45.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IVV is 12 bps cheaper than QUAL. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for QUAL.
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 IVV vs QUAL.
Top shared holdings
114 shared in total| # | Holding | In IVV | In QUAL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA Corp. | 7.56% | 6.50% | 6.50% |
| 2 | Apple, Inc. | 6.65% | 6.27% | 6.27% |
| 3 | Microsoft Corp. | 4.91% | 5.04% | 4.91% |
| 4 | Alphabet, Inc. | 2.99% | 2.53% | 2.53% |
| 5 | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 2.23% | 3.49% | 2.23% |
| 6 | Alphabet, Inc. | 2.39% | 2.11% | 2.11% |
| 7 | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | 1.57% | 2.11% | 1.57% |
| 8 | Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.30% | 2.92% | 1.30% |
| 9 | Johnson & Johnson | 1.05% | 1.92% | 1.05% |
| 10 | Walmart, Inc. | 0.97% | 1.23% | 0.97% |
| 11 | Visa, Inc. | 0.91% | 3.08% | 0.91% |
| 12 | Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.79% | 1.31% | 0.79% |
Only in IVV
391 total- Amazon.com, Inc. 3.63%
- Broadcom, Inc. 2.62%
- Tesla, Inc. 1.87%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.42%
- Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.27%
- Chevron Corp. 0.69%
- AbbVie, Inc. 0.69%
- Micron Technology, Inc. 0.68%
- Palantir Technologies, Inc. 0.60%
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 0.59%
Only in QUAL
7 total- Oklo Inc 0.71%
- CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED 0.10%
- UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION 0.09%
- GRACO INC. 0.09%
- VEEVA SYSTEMS INC. 0.08%
- TRADEWEB MARKETS INC. 0.05%
- RPM INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.04%
Open IVV or QUAL at a brokerage
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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.