ETF comparison

QUAL vs VOO

Quality Factor vs US Large Cap.

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF · Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
45.8 %

114 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of QUAL and VOO would leave roughly 45.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

QUAL only 54.0% Shared 45.8% VOO only 53.9%
In QUAL only
7 positions
Shared
114 positions
In VOO only
389 positions

Side by side

QUAL

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

iShares · Quality Factor

85 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$45.92B
TTM yield
0.86%
Top-10 conc.
39.0%
VOO

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Vanguard · US Large Cap

91 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$1.67T
TTM yield
1.06%
Top-10 conc.
36.5%

Sub-score comparison

85
Cost
97
86
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
59
Concentration
62
Tracking quality
QUAL sub-score VOO

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VOO 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 QUAL vs VOO.

Top shared holdings

114 shared in total
# Holding In QUAL In VOO Overlap
1 NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.50% 7.58% 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% 0.89% 0.89%
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 VOO

389 total
  • Amazon.com Inc 3.64%
  • Broadcom Inc 2.62%
  • Tesla Inc 1.87%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.34%
  • 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%

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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.