ETF comparison
IQLT vs VO
Quality Factor vs US Mid Cap.
iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF · Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IQLT and VO would leave roughly 0.2% 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
VO is 27 bps cheaper than IQLT. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/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 VO.
Top shared holdings
1 shared in total| # | Holding | In IQLT | In VO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.24% | 0.30% | 0.24% |
Only in IQLT
296 total- ASML Holding N.V. 6.04%
- SHELL PLC 2.55%
- Allianz SE 2.49%
- Novartis AG 2.25%
- ABB Ltd 2.21%
- Roche Holding AG 2.17%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 2.02%
- Nestle S.A. 1.99%
- Zurich Insurance Group AG 1.61%
- Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. 1.55%
Only in VO
288 total- Vertiv Holdings Co 1.03%
- Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.01%
- Western Digital Corp 1.00%
- Constellation Energy Corp 0.94%
- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.93%
- Quanta Services Inc 0.89%
- SLB Ltd 0.84%
- Cummins Inc 0.81%
- Valero Energy Corp 0.80%
- Phillips 66 0.80%
Open IQLT or VO 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.