ETF comparison
INTF vs QQQ
Multi-Factor vs US Large Cap Growth.
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of INTF and QQQ would leave roughly 0.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
INTF is 2 bps cheaper than QQQ. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for QQQ.
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 INTF vs QQQ.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In INTF | In QQQ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHOPIFY INC. | 0.30% | 0.82% | 0.30% |
| 2 | THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION | 0.32% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
Only in INTF
476 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.12%
- Novartis AG 2.06%
- ABB Ltd 1.10%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.07%
- Roche Holding AG 1.02%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.00%
- Nestle S.A. 0.99%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.94%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.90%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.86%
Only in QQQ
99 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.