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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 VTV: how they differ

ITOT and VTV hold 37% of their weight in the same names, and VTV returned more over the year.

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF and Vanguard Value Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and VTV hold 37% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ITOT and VTV both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingITOTVTV
Micron Technology, Inc.1.78%4.89%
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.1.26%2.96%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.1.20%3.07%
Intel Corp.0.90%1.05%
Johnson & Johnson0.84%2.30%
Exxon Mobil Corp.0.78%2.13%
Walmart, Inc.0.68%1.87%
Caterpillar, Inc.0.67%1.84%
Cisco Systems, Inc.0.64%1.57%
AbbVie, Inc.0.61%1.67%
GE Aerospace0.53%0.73%
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.0.52%1.42%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in ITOTOnly in VTV
NVIDIA Corp. 6.64%Linde PLC 0.90%
Apple, Inc. 5.82%Eaton Corp PLC 0.62%
Microsoft Corp. 3.80%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.52%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.20%Chubb Ltd 0.45%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.87%Trane Technologies PLC 0.41%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.45%Medtronic PLC 0.38%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.29%Johnson Controls International plc 0.34%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.70%Accenture PLC 0.29%

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.

ITOT and VTV on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ITOT
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
VTV
Vanguard Value Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it isCore S&P Total U.S. Stock MarketUS value
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+22.9%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−0.3 pts+5.4 pts
Expense ratio0.03%0.03%
Already in the S&P 50088.3%98.6%
Holdings2497308

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%.

VTV in plain words

VTV is an index equity fund tracking the US value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 308 positions, with the top ten at 23.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or VTV?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +17.2% and VTV returned +22.9%, so VTV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or VTV?
ITOT charges 0.03% a year and VTV charges 0.03%, so ITOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and VTV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 99% of VTV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 37% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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ITOT against VTV, 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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