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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HDV returned +29.4% and ITOT +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, HDV or ITOT?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of HDV and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HDV vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HDV returned +29.4% to ITOT's +13.4%; 9% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $15.9bn for iShares Core High Dividend ETF and $97.1bn for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+29.4%

HDV total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

0.08%

HDV expense ratio

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.0 points; ITOT is 6.1 times larger.

HDV vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HDV	ITOT
Return
Measure	HDV	ITOT
Total return, 1 year	+29.4%	+13.4%
Benchmark
Measure	HDV	ITOT
What it tracks	Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)
Cost and size
Measure	HDV	ITOT
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$15.9bn	$97.1bn
Holdings
Measure	HDV	ITOT
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	55.6%	33.9%

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

Risk and return

Apr 8, 2011 to Oct 23, 2026 · 811 weekly returns

HDV ITOT

Return

Total return edge ITOT +414.1% +609.6%

Annualized edge ITOT +11.1% +13.4%

Price return edge ITOT +197.8% +445.6%

Risk

Volatility edge HDV 13.9% 16.5%

Max drawdown edge Tie −33.4% −33.2%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge ITOT (slight) 0.71 0.75

Sortino edge ITOT (slight) 1.00 1.08

Calmar edge ITOT 0.33 0.40

Reading

ITOT returned more: +609.6% to +414.1%. HDV swung less: 13.9% to 16.5%. HDV and ITOT fell about the same at their worst: −33.4% and −33.2%.

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Risk and return: HDV vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HDV	ITOT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+414.1%	+609.6%	ITOT	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+11.1%	+13.4%	ITOT	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+197.8%	+445.6%	ITOT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	13.9%	16.5%	HDV	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	9.8%	11.4%	HDV	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−33.4%	−33.2%	Tie	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.71	0.75	ITOT (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.00	1.08	ITOT (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.33	0.40	ITOT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 811 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HDV and ITOT hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HDV ITOT

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 9.48% 0.99%

ABBVIE 6.77% 0.68%

CHEVRON 7.22% 0.60%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 5.46% 0.50%

COCA-COLA 4.26% 0.47%

HOME DEPOT 4.57% 0.43%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 5.04% 0.42%

AMGEN INC 2.78% 0.32%

ABBOTT LABORATORIES 2.06% 0.24%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 2.21% 0.24%

MCDONALDS CORP 2.55% 0.24%

PEPSICO 3.89% 0.24%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in HDV

DJIA MINI e-CBOT DEC 26 0.00%

E-MINI CONSUMER STAPLES DEC 26 0.00%

EMINI ENERGY SELECT SECTOR DEC 26 0.00%

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

HDV iShares Core High Dividend 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 an index of High Dividend Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market

Total return, 1 year +29.4% +13.4%

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 89.5% 88.1%

Holdings 77 2443

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $15.9bn $97.1bn

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

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HDV and ITOT do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. HDV follows Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index and ITOT follows S&P Total Market Index (TMI).
Holdings in common. 9% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 HDV returned +29.4% and ITOT +13.4% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 16.0 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

HDV

HDV tracks an index of High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +29.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 77 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%.

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, HDV or ITOT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HDV returned +29.4% and ITOT +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, HDV or ITOT?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do HDV and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of HDV and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

HDV and ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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