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As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. IGF VTI \n Expense ratio 0.37% 0.03% \n Net assets, IGF as of Oct 8, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026 $10.3bn $689.2bn \n Total return, 1 year +5.3% +16.8% \n What it tracks","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, IGF against VTI, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/igf-vs-vti","a":{"ticker":"IGF","name":"iShares Global Infrastructure ETF","issuer":"iShares","desk":"themes","as_of":"2026-10-09","verdict":"IGF holds 78 stocks, and 68% of its weight is outside the S&P 500.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/igf","key_facts":[{"label":"Already in the S&P 500","value":"31.9%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Active share vs the S&P 500","value":"98.3%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Top ten holdings","value":"38.0%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+5.3%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$10.3bn","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 8, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.37%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"497K, Jul 31, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"VTI","name":"Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF","issuer":"Vanguard","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-09","verdict":"VTI tracks an index of US total market and returned +16.8% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/vti","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+16.8%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.03%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Holdings","value":"3509","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22120.4%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$689.2bn","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"the issuer\u2019s own figure for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"Its own holdings, as of Aug 31, 2026; no other fund tracks the CRSP US Total Market Index, the index its prospectus names","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"ETFIQ, from its filings"}]},"overlap_pct":2,"full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/igf-vs-vti"}