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IQLT vs QUAL

Both Quality Factor.

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF · iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IQLT and QUAL would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IQLT unmatched 99.4% Shared 0.0% QUAL unmatched 99.9%

Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.

In IQLT only
301 positions
Shared
0 positions
In QUAL only
125 positions

Side by side

IQLT

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF

iShares · Quality Factor

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.30%
Net assets
$13.61B
TTM yield
2.40%
Top-10 conc.
22.6%
QUAL

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

iShares · Quality Factor

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$47.68B
TTM yield
0.85%
Top-10 conc.
43.2%

Sub-score comparison

70
Cost
85
83
Tax efficiency
86
100
Liquidity
100
82
Concentration
53
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Tracking quality
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IQLT sub-score QUAL

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

Cost difference

QUAL is 15 bps cheaper than IQLT. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/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 QUAL.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in IQLT

301 total
  • ASML Holding N.V. 5.42%
  • Allianz SE 2.68%
  • Roche Holding AG 2.20%
  • ABB Ltd 1.95%
  • Zurich Insurance Group AG 1.83%
  • Nestle S.A. 1.81%
  • Novartis AG 1.78%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.68%
  • ADVANTEST CORPORATION 1.65%
  • SHELL PLC 1.59%

Only in QUAL

125 total
  • MICROSOFT CORPORATION 7.16%
  • APPLE INC. 6.64%
  • NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.85%
  • THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 3.98%
  • META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.69%
  • ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 3.66%
  • LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.49%
  • VISA INC. 3.17%
  • APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3.10%
  • KLA CORPORATION 2.47%

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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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/.

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