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CGUS vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGUS and ITOT hold 40% of their weight in the same names, and ITOT returned +16.8% over the year. Net assets: $12.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group Core Equity ETF, and $98.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

ITOT costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points; ITOT is 8.0 times larger.

CGUS vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
CGUSITOT
Expense ratio0.33%0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$12.2bn$97.4bn
Total return, 1 year+14.9%+16.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P Total U.S. Stock Market
Holdings in common40%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund43.1%34.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+14.9%
CGUS total return, 1 year
+16.8%
ITOT total return, 1 year
0.33%
CGUS expense ratio
0.03%
ITOT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGUS and ITOT hold 40% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

40% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGUS ITOT
NVIDIA Corp 6.85% 7.35%
Microsoft Corp 5.75% 5.26%
Amazon.com Inc 5.04% 3.41%
Apple Inc 2.75% 6.51%
Alphabet Inc 3.22% 2.73%
Broadcom Inc 6.33% 2.28%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.79% 2.10%
Alphabet Inc 1.93% 2.19%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.92% 1.25%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.79% 1.17%
Visa Inc 0.67% 0.87%
Mastercard Inc 1.82% 0.63%
Only in CGUS
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.89%
Applied Materials Inc 2.56%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.44%
British American Tobacco PLC 1.87%
General Electric Co 1.41%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 1.33%
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 1.02%
GFL Environmental Inc 0.78%
Only in ITOT
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.54%
TESLA INC 1.43%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.31%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.27%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.92%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.83%
WALMART 0.66%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 0.64%

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On the same fields

CGUS
Capital Group Core Equity ETF
ITOT
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market
Total return, 1 year +14.9% +16.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (VOO) not published
Gap to its benchmark −2.4 pts vs VOO not available
Expense ratio 0.33% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 86.3% 88.1%
Holdings 66 2459
Net assets, CGUS as of Oct 8, 2026 and ITOT as of Oct 9, 2026 $12.2bn $98.1bn

CGUS and ITOT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About CGUS

CGUS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 66 positions, with the top ten at 43.1%.

About ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,459 positions, with the top ten at 34.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGUS or ITOT?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGUS returned +14.9% and ITOT +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, CGUS or ITOT?
ITOT is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGUS and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of CGUS and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
CGUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGUS ↗ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ITOT ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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