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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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ITOT vs SCHD: how they differ

ITOT and SCHD hold 7% of their weight in the same names, and SCHD returned more over the year.

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF and Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and SCHD hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ITOT and SCHD both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingITOTSCHD
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.0.52%5.10%
Home Depot, Inc. (The)0.48%3.37%
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)0.47%3.55%
Merck & Co., Inc.0.43%3.87%
Coca-Cola Co. (The)0.43%3.96%
Chevron Corp.0.42%3.84%
Texas Instruments, Inc.0.37%5.92%
Amgen, Inc.0.27%3.48%
QUALCOMM, Inc.0.27%6.75%
PepsiCo, Inc.0.25%3.45%
Verizon Communications, Inc.0.24%3.66%
Abbott Laboratories0.22%2.97%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in ITOTOnly in SCHD
NVIDIA Corp. 6.64%Accenture PLC 2.90%
Apple, Inc. 5.82%Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA 0.03%
Microsoft Corp. 3.80%Central Pacific Financial Corp 0.02%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.20%Hanmi Financial Corp 0.02%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.87%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.45%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.29%
Micron Technology, Inc. 1.78%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

ITOT and SCHD on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ITOT
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
SCHD
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesSchwab
What it isCore S&P Total U.S. Stock MarketUS dividend
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+27.6%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−0.3 pts+10.1 pts
Expense ratio0.03%0.06%
Already in the S&P 50088.3%95.1%
Holdings249799

ITOT in plain words

ITOT is an index equity fund tracking the Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2497 positions, with the top ten at 32.2%.

SCHD in plain words

SCHD is an index equity fund tracking the US dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +27.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 99 positions, with the top ten at 43.7%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or SCHD?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +17.2% and SCHD returned +27.6%, so SCHD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or SCHD?
ITOT charges 0.03% a year and SCHD charges 0.06%, so ITOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and SCHD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 95% of SCHD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 7% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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