ETF comparison
QUAL vs SPLG
Quality Factor vs US Large Cap.
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF · SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
Holdings overlap
114 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of QUAL and SPLG would leave roughly 45.8% 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
SPLG is 13 bps cheaper than QUAL. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/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 QUAL vs SPLG.
Top shared holdings
114 shared in total| # | Holding | In QUAL | In SPLG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.50% | 7.57% | 6.50% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.27% | 6.66% | 6.27% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 5.04% | 4.91% | 4.91% |
| 4 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.53% | 2.99% | 2.53% |
| 5 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 3.49% | 2.24% | 2.24% |
| 6 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.11% | 2.40% | 2.11% |
| 7 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 2.11% | 1.57% | 1.57% |
| 8 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 2.92% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 9 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.92% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 10 | WALMART INC. | 1.23% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 11 | VISA INC. | 3.08% | 0.91% | 0.91% |
| 12 | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION | 1.31% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
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%
Only in SPLG
391 total- Amazon.com Inc 3.64%
- 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%
Open QUAL or SPLG 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.