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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +18.0% and ITOT +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, GARP or ITOT?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do GARP and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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GARP vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GARP returned +18.0% to ITOT's +13.4%; 44% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $3.6bn for iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF and $97.1bn for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

GARP total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

0.15%

GARP expense ratio

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.6 points; ITOT is far larger, $97.1bn against $3.6bn.

GARP vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GARP	ITOT
Return
Measure	GARP	ITOT
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+13.4%
Drawdown
Measure	GARP	ITOT
Below its high	7.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GARP	ITOT
What it tracks	MSCI USA Quality GARP Select Index	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)
Cost and size
Measure	GARP	ITOT
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.6bn	$97.1bn
Holdings
Measure	GARP	ITOT
Holdings in common	44%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	43.5%	33.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

44%

By the books each fund has filed, GARP and ITOT hold 44% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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44% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GARP ITOT

APPLE 5.66% 6.78%

MICROSOFT 5.67% 5.28%

NVIDIA 5.18% 7.06%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.24% 2.52%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.12% 3.32%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.12% 2.02%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.72% 1.83%

BROADCOM INC 1.70% 2.18%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.61% 1.40%

ELI LILLY 1.78% 1.37%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.01% 1.22%

VISA CLASS A 5.13% 0.92%

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Only in GARP

MERCADOLIBRE 1.86%

IREN 0.02%

MICRO E-MINI NASDAQ 100 DEC 26 0.00%

Only in ITOT

TESLA INC 1.54%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.36%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.20%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.99%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.87%

WALMART 0.71%

ABBVIE 0.68%

CHEVRON 0.60%

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Side by side

GARP iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +13.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (PBUS) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +4.7 pts vs PBUS not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 94.4% 88.1%

Holdings 131 2443

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.6bn $97.1bn

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

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About each fund

GARP

GARP tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 131 positions, with the top ten at 43.5%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

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, GARP or ITOT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +18.0% and ITOT +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, GARP or ITOT?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GARP and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

GARP and ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GARP and ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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