Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or USO?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +17.2% and USO returned +112.2%, so USO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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

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ITOT vs USO: how they differ

ITOT is an equity index fund and USO a commodity fund, and over the year USO returned more, +112.2% against +17.2%.

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF and United States Oil Fund, LP.

ITOT and USO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF	USO United States Oil Fund, LP
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	United
What it is	Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market	Oil
Total return, 1 year	+17.2%	+112.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−0.3 pts	+94.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	not published
Holdings	2497	not filed

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%.

USO in plain words

USO is a commodity fund tracking the Oil. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +112.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. It sat 57.1% below its high of Apr 8, 2011 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or USO?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +17.2% and USO returned +112.2%, so USO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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