MOAT vs QQQ overlap - what they share and where they differ

MOAT and QQQ share 16.3% of their weight across 16 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

MOAT and QQQ

16.3%

16 shared positions

MOAT

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 55 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 25.3%·Holdings of MOAT

QQQ

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 101 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 47.8%·Holdings of QQQ

Reported positions cover MOAT 100%, QQQ 100% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

QQQ vs MOAT side by side

MOATVanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF

55

stock positions reported to the SEC

67.8% of its weight is in 39 names QQQ does not hold

QQQInvesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

101

stock positions reported to the SEC

71.7% of its weight is in 85 names MOAT does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

MOAT
QQQ
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
37.5%
70.7%
Consumer Defensive
16.8%
5.5%
Healthcare
15.4%
3.9%
Consumer Cyclical
10.6%
10.6%
Financial Services
7.9%
0.0%
Communication Services
0.0%
2.9%

The widest gap is Technology: QQQ has 33.2 points more of it.

The figures side by side

MOATQQQ
Filing dateJun 30, 2026Jun 30, 2026
Stock positions reported55101
Weight of the ten largest25.3%47.8%
Largest positionMAS 3.0%NVDA 7.6%
Held alone39 positions, 67.8%85 positions, 71.7%
Covered by stock positions100%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn MOATIn QQQCounted
NVDANVIDIA Corp2.45%7.60%2.45%
AVGOBroadcom Inc2.43%2.81%2.43%
AMATApplied Materials Inc2.34%2.49%2.34%
MSFTMicrosoft Corp2.20%4.35%2.20%
AMZNAmazon.com Inc1.33%4.02%1.33%
PANWPalo Alto Networks Inc2.51%1.21%1.21%
METAMeta Platforms Inc1.17%2.62%1.17%
PEPPepsiCo Inc1.17%0.80%0.80%
FTNTFortinet Inc2.21%0.49%0.49%
DDOGDatadog Inc2.44%0.37%0.37%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in MOAT

MASMasco Corp2.96%
KVUEKenvue Inc2.59%
BF.ABrown-Forman Corp2.49%
SCHWCharles Schwab Corp/The2.45%
BMYBristol-Myers Squibb Co2.43%
DHRDanaher Corp2.41%
VEEVVeeva Systems Inc2.41%
STZConstellation Brands Inc2.32%
LPLALPL Financial Holdings Inc2.30%
ZBHZimmer Biomet Holdings Inc2.30%

Only in QQQ

AAPLApple Inc.6.67%
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.6.29%
MUMicron Technology, Inc.5.64%
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.4.10%
TSLATesla, Inc.3.30%
INTCIntel Corp.3.04%
WMTWalmart Inc.2.39%
LRCXLam Research Corp.2.35%
CSCOCisco Systems, Inc.2.01%
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp.1.80%

Questions people ask

Is MOAT the same as QQQ?

16.3% of their weight sits in the same 16 holdings. MOAT also reports MAS, KVUE, BF.A, which the other does not. QQQ also reports AAPL, GOOGL, MU, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between MOAT and QQQ measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 100% of MOAT and 100% of QQQ, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, QQQ or MOAT?

MOAT reports 55 stock positions and QQQ reports 101. 67.8% of MOAT's weight sits in names QQQ does not hold, and 71.7% of QQQ's weight in names MOAT does not hold. The ten largest positions are 25.3% of MOAT and 47.8% of QQQ.

How do MOAT and QQQ differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: QQQ has 33.2 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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Descriptive data from public SEC filings. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any fund or stock, and holdings change between filings.