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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 VWO: how they differ

ITOT and VWO hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and ITOT returned more over the year.

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

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and VWO hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in ITOTOnly in VWO
NVIDIA Corp. 6.64%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 14.73%
Apple, Inc. 5.82%Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.28%
Microsoft Corp. 3.80%Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.20%Delta Electronics Inc 1.18%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.87%MediaTek Inc 1.07%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.45%Reliance Industries Ltd 0.90%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.29%HDFC Bank Ltd 0.81%
Micron Technology, Inc. 1.78%Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.75%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

ITOT and VWO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ITOT
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
VWO
Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it isCore S&P Total U.S. Stock MarketEmerging markets
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+15.6%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−0.3 pts−1.9 pts
Expense ratio0.03%0.06%
Already in the S&P 50088.3%0.0%
Holdings24976355

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%.

VWO in plain words

VWO is an index equity fund tracking the Emerging markets. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +15.6% 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 Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6355 positions, with the top ten at 26.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or VWO?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +17.2% and VWO returned +15.6%, so ITOT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or VWO?
ITOT charges 0.03% a year and VWO charges 0.06%, so ITOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and VWO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 0% of VWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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