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Overlap · from SEC filings

MOAT vs QUAL: what actually overlaps

MOAT and QUAL: 12.36% of a dollar ends up in the same companies either way (SEC Form N-PORT, 2026-06-30 and 2026-04-30), across 15 securities the two funds both hold. Every free comparison tool can list the tickers in common; this weights them, which is the part that decides whether owning both changes anything.

12.36%Overlap by weight
15Shared holdings
75.8Combined effective holdings
+25.7 vs MOAT alone

The short version

Held alone, MOAT behaves like 50.1 equally weighted positions and QUAL like 37.4. Held together in equal size they behave like 75.8 — 25.7 more than MOAT on its own, even at 12.36% overlap.

Overlap here is the sum, over securities both funds hold, of the smaller of the two weights: the share of a dollar that sits in the same company either way. Matching is on CUSIP. Figures are as of each fund's own reporting date (2026-06-30 and 2026-04-30), which do not always align.

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Side by side

as filed
MOATQUAL
Assets$12B$50B
Holdings55123
Effective holdings50.137.4
Top ten weight25.32%43.23%
Largest position2.96%7.16%
Priced at market (Level 1)100%100%
Reporting date2026-06-302026-04-30

Each fund on its own: MOAT · QUAL

Where the overlap actually is

15

The ten shared positions that account for the most of it, with what each fund holds of its own. Shared is the lesser of the two — the part that is held in common either way. Where the two columns diverge, one fund is making a larger bet on that company than the other, and holding both does not average it away.

CompanyMOATQUALShared
NVIDIA Corp 2.452% 6.507% 2.452%
Applied Materials Inc 2.34% 2.446% 2.34%
Microsoft Corp 2.203% 5.041% 2.203%
Meta Platforms Inc 1.173% 3.495% 1.173%
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc 1.416% 1.018% 1.018%
NIKE Inc 2.018% 0.93% 0.93%
Fortinet Inc 2.209% 0.755% 0.755%
Motorola Solutions Inc 1.244% 0.481% 0.481%
PepsiCo Inc 1.173% 0.456% 0.456%
Zoetis Inc 1.816% 0.222% 0.222%

What the difference is made of

74.6% · 78.33%

74.6% of MOAT sits in companies QUAL does not hold at all, and 78.33% of QUAL in companies MOAT does not hold. The largest of each, by weight in its own fund:

Only in MOAT (74.6%)
  • Masco Corp
  • Kenvue Inc
  • Airbnb Inc
  • Palo Alto Networks Inc
  • Brown-Forman Corp
Only in QUAL (78.33%)
  • APPLE INC.
  • LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
  • THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.
  • VISA INC.
  • ELI LILLY AND COMPANY

By country of issuer

2026-06-30 · 2026-04-30

Where each fund's money sits by the issuer country its filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Two funds can share companies and still differ here, and a pair that looks diversified by name can be one country twice.

CountryMOATQUALDifference
United States 98.40% 94.83% +3.57
Ireland° 0.00% 2.62% −2.62
Netherlands° 1.60% 0.00% +1.60
Curaçao° 0.00% 1.56% −1.56
Switzerland 0.00% 0.87% −0.87
Bermuda° 0.00% 0.12% −0.12

What each fund did last quarter

Each fund's newest filing against its previous one. A pair whose overlap is rising or falling does so because of these moves; the figures are the same ones on each fund's page and in its feed.

FundPeriodPositionsAddedDroppedTurnoverLargest increase
MOAT 2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30 57 → 55 7919.5% Broadcom Inc 1.2% → 2.43%
QUAL 2026-01-31 → 2026-04-30 127 → 123 155.5% CATERPILLAR INC. 1.9% → 2.52%

Written about this pair

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This page is the measurement. These essays argue about what it means, with the figures as they stood when each was written.

Related comparisons

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Other pairs involving MOAT or QUAL, ordered by how much they overlap.

PairOverlapCombined effective
QUAL vs VOO 44.35% 52.5
MTUM vs QUAL 27.71% 59.9

Sources and limits

Computed from SEC Form N-PORT (NPORT-P), the portfolio report every registered US fund files. Positions below 0.001% of net assets are dropped; weights are normalised to each filing's own total.

Unit investment trusts including SPY and DIA do not file N-PORT, so no overlap can be computed for them. Where a comparison is missing from this site, that is usually why rather than an oversight.

Overlap says what is held in common, not what will move together. Two funds with no shared holdings can still fall together, and the effective holding count takes no account of correlation. All 275 pairs are in the concentration dataset, and every fund's own history is on its fund page.