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Overlap · from SEC filings

QLD vs SSO: what actually overlaps

QLD and SSO: 61.31% of a dollar ends up in the same companies either way (SEC Form N-PORT, 2026-05-31), across 94 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.

61.31%Overlap by weight
94Shared holdings
16.8Combined effective holdings
-23.5 vs QLD alone

The short version

Held alone, QLD behaves like 40.3 equally weighted positions and SSO like 27.5. Held together in equal size they behave like 16.8 — less diversified than holding QLD on its own. The two funds hold 94 of the same securities, 61.31% of a dollar by weight, so the pair buys those companies twice.

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 (2026-05-31 and 2026-05-31), which do not always align.

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Side by side

as filed
QLDSSO
Assets$14B$8B
Holdings112510
Effective holdings40.327.5
Top ten weight37.77%42.3%
Largest position8.74%15.58%
Priced at market (Level 1)72.53%82.87%
Reporting date2026-05-312026-05-31

Each fund on its own: QLD · SSO

Where the overlap actually is

94

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.

CompanyQLDSSOShared
N/A 23.742% 13.139% 13.139%
ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 8.738% 15.578% 8.738%
NVIDIA Corp. 5.02% 5.196% 5.02%
Apple, Inc. 4.482% 4.64% 4.482%
Microsoft Corp. 3.272% 3.386% 3.272%
Amazon.com, Inc. 2.843% 2.677% 2.677%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.167% 2.242% 2.167%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.073% 2.145% 2.073%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.003% 1.783% 1.783%
Repurchase Agreement 1.926% 1.518% 1.518%

What the difference is made of

4.72% · 29.58%

4.72% of QLD sits in companies SSO does not hold at all, and 29.58% of SSO in companies QLD does not hold. The largest of each, by weight in its own fund:

Only in QLD (4.72%)
  • United States of America
  • Marvell Technology, Inc.
  • U.S. Treasury Bills
  • United States of America
  • Shopify, Inc.
Only in SSO (29.58%)
  • Eli Lilly & Co.
  • Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  • Exxon Mobil Corp.
  • U.S. Treasury Bills

By country of issuer

2026-05-31

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.

CountryQLDSSODifference
United States 97.23% 98.16% −0.93
Ireland° 1.14% 1.28% −0.14
Netherlands° 0.74% 0.10% +0.64
Canada 0.50% 0.00% +0.50
United Kingdom 0.25% 0.00% +0.25
Switzerland 0.00% 0.17% −0.17
Cayman Islands° 0.15% 0.00% +0.15
Bermuda° 0.00% 0.10% −0.10
Curaçao° 0.00% 0.08% −0.08
Liberia° 0.00% 0.07% −0.07

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
QLD 2026-02-28 → 2026-05-31 106 → 112 11524.0% N/A 8.29% → 23.74%
SSO 2026-02-28 → 2026-05-31 509 → 510 111015.6% N/A 5.23% → 13.14%

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 QLD or SSO, ordered by how much they overlap.

PairOverlapCombined effective
SSO vs UPRO 77.13% 12.4
QLD vs TQQQ 66.47% 8.6
SSO vs TQQQ 57.17% 10.3

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.