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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 VGLT: how they differ

ITOT is an equity index fund and VGLT a bond index fund, and over the year ITOT returned more, +17.2% against −5.4%.

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF and Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund.

ITOT and VGLT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ITOT
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
VGLT
Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it isCore S&P Total U.S. Stock MarketLong-term Treasury
Total return, 1 year+17.2%−5.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−0.3 pts−22.9 pts
Expense ratio0.03%not published
Holdings2497not 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%.

VGLT in plain words

VGLT is a bond fund tracking the Long-term Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −5.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. It sat 39.2% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or VGLT?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +17.2% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so ITOT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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ITOT against VGLT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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