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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and ITOT +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, IJR or ITOT?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IJR vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJR returned +17.5% to ITOT's +13.4%; 2% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $104.6bn for iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and $97.1bn for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points; IJR is 1.1 times larger.

IJR vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJR	ITOT
Return
Measure	IJR	ITOT
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+13.4%
Drawdown
Measure	IJR	ITOT
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJR	ITOT
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)
Cost and size
Measure	IJR	ITOT
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$104.6bn	$97.1bn
Holdings
Measure	IJR	ITOT
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.3%	33.9%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IJR and ITOT hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IJR ITOT

AAR 0.23% 0.01%

ACADEMY SPORTS AND OUTDOORS 0.21% 0.01%

ACI WORLDWIDE 0.31% 0.01%

ALKERMES 0.42% 0.01%

AMERICAN STATES WATER 0.19% 0.01%

AMERIS BANCORP 0.29% 0.01%

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS INC CLASS A 0.23% 0.01%

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT INC 0.23% 0.01%

ARCHROCK 0.32% 0.01%

ARCUTIS BIOTHERAPEUTICS 0.21% 0.01%

ARGAN 0.27% 0.01%

ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES 0.37% 0.01%

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Only in IJR

PITNEY BOWES 0.10%

CASH COLLATERAL USD BOASW CFD 0.06%

CENTRAL PACIFIC FINANCIAL CORP 0.06%

HANMI FINANCIAL CORP 0.05%

PREFERRED BANK 0.05%

CENTRAL GARDEN AND PET 0.02%

ADEIA 0.00%

ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES 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

IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap 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 S&P SmallCap 600 Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market

Total return, 1 year +17.5% +13.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.6% (SPSM) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPSM not measured

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 88.1%

Holdings 642 2443

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $104.6bn $97.1bn

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

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About each fund

IJR

IJR tracks the S&P SmallCap 600. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.6% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 642 positions, with the top ten at 5.3%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Aug 14, 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, IJR or ITOT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and ITOT +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, IJR or ITOT?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IJR and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IJR and ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJR 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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