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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOXX returned +4.0% and ITOT +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, BOXX or ITOT?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BOXX vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BOXX is an actively managed short-term fund and ITOT an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ITOT returned +13.4% against +4.0%.

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Net assets: $14.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF, and $97.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+4.0%

BOXX total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

0.19%

BOXX expense ratio

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.4 points; ITOT is 6.7 times larger.

BOXX vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOXX	ITOT
Return
Measure	BOXX	ITOT
Total return, 1 year	+4.0%	+13.4%
Benchmark
Measure	BOXX	ITOT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)
Cost and size
Measure	BOXX	ITOT
Expense ratio	0.19%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$14.4bn	$96.5bn
Holdings
Measure	BOXX	ITOT
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		88%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		33.9%

Method

Side by side

BOXX Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Alpha Architect iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market

Total return, 1 year +4.0% +13.4%

Expense ratio 0.19% 0.03%

Holdings not counted 2443

Net assets, BOXX as of Oct 28, 2026 and ITOT as of Oct 27, 2026 $14.5bn $97.1bn

BOXX and ITOT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

BOXX

BOXX is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.19% a year.

ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,443 positions, with the top ten at 33.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOXX or ITOT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOXX returned +4.0% and ITOT +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, BOXX or ITOT?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

BOXX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BOXX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Alpha Architect website ↗

ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ITOT ↗

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