ETF comparison
QUALvsSPY
Quality Factor vs US Large Cap.
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF · State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Holdings overlap
113 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of QUAL and SPY would leave roughly44.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
SPY is 6 bps cheaper than QUAL. On a $100,000 position that's about $56/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with QUAL vs SPY.
Top shared holdings
113 shared in total| # | Holding | In QUAL | In SPY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.50% | 8.29% | 6.50% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.27% | 7.22% | 6.27% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 5.04% | 5.68% | 5.04% |
| 4 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.53% | 3.01% | 2.53% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.11% | 2.40% | 2.11% |
| 6 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 3.49% | 2.01% | 2.01% |
| 7 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 2.11% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 8 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 2.92% | 1.37% | 1.37% |
| 9 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.92% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 10 | VISA INC. | 3.08% | 0.94% | 0.94% |
| 11 | WALMART INC. | 1.23% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 12 | MASTERCARD INCORPORATED | 2.30% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
Only in QUAL
8 total- Oklo Inc0.71%
- ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.0.19%
- AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.0.12%
- CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED0.10%
- UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION0.09%
- GRACO INC.0.09%
- TRADEWEB MARKETS INC.0.05%
- RPM INTERNATIONAL INC.0.04%
Only in SPY
391 total- AMAZON.COM INC3.80%
- BROADCOM INC2.53%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC1.62%
- TESLA INC1.59%
- JPMORGAN CHASE + CO1.45%
- ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES1.11%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP1.01%
- ABBVIE INC0.69%
- INTEL CORP0.68%
- CISCO SYSTEMS INC0.64%
Open QUAL or SPY 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.