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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.5% and ITOT +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, GOVT or ITOT?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

GOVT vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOVT returned −1.5% to ITOT's +13.4%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $42.8bn for iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF and $97.1bn for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

−1.5%

GOVT total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

0.05%

GOVT expense ratio

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.9 points; ITOT is 2.3 times larger.

GOVT vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GOVT	ITOT
Return
Measure	GOVT	ITOT
Total return, 1 year	−1.5%	+13.4%
Drawdown
Measure	GOVT	ITOT
Below its high	8.1%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	GOVT	ITOT
What it tracks	ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond Index	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)
Cost and size
Measure	GOVT	ITOT
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$42.8bn	$97.1bn
Holdings
Measure	GOVT	ITOT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		88%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		33.9%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, GOVT and ITOT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GOVT ITOT

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Only in GOVT

TREASURY NOTE 5.17%

TREASURY NOTE 2.98%

TREASURY NOTE 2.12%

TREASURY NOTE 1.95%

TREASURY NOTE 1.65%

TREASURY BOND 1.51%

TREASURY BOND 1.46%

TREASURY BOND 1.42%

Only in ITOT

NVIDIA 7.06%

APPLE 6.78%

MICROSOFT 5.28%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.32%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.52%

BROADCOM INC 2.18%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.02%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.83%

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Side by side

GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of U.S. Treasury Bond Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market

Total return, 1 year −1.5% +13.4%

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.03%

Holdings 229 2443

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $42.8bn $97.1bn

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

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About each fund

GOVT

GOVT tracks an index of U.S. Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 8.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 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, GOVT or ITOT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.5% and ITOT +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, GOVT or ITOT?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

GOVT and ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GOVT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for GOVT ↗

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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