Which returned more over the last year, ITA or IVV?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITA returned +10.0% and IVV returned +17.6%, so IVV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, ITA or IVV?

ITA charges 0.37% a year and IVV charges 0.03%, so IVV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ITA and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of ITA and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Are ITA and IVV the same kind of fund?

No. ITA is a thematic ETF and IVV is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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ITA vs IVV: how they differ

Over the year IVV returned more, +17.6% against +10.0%, and IVV charges 0.03% against 0.37%.

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ITA and IVV hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ITA and IVV both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	ITA	IVV
GE AEROSPACE	21.81%	0.52%
RTX	17.21%	0.41%
BOEING	9.36%	0.25%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP	4.69%	0.16%
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP	4.82%	0.14%
HOWMET AEROSPACE	4.24%	0.14%
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP	4.44%	0.11%
TRANSDIGM GROUP	4.31%	0.10%
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES	3.61%	0.07%
AXON ENTERPRISE	3.01%	0.06%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY	0.06%	0.18%
USD CASH	0.06%	0.10%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in ITA	Only in IVV
ROCKET LAB CORP 2.46%	NVIDIA 8.06%
ATI 2.12%	APPLE 7.31%
CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY 1.74%	MICROSOFT 5.58%
CURTISS WRIGHT 1.61%	AMAZON.COM INC 3.76%
WOODWARD 1.55%	ALPHABET CLASS A 2.98%
FTAI AVIATION 1.44%	BROADCOM INC 2.61%
HEICO CLASS A 1.41%	ALPHABET CLASS C 2.38%
BWX TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.09%	META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.

ITA and IVV on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF	IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits	Thematic ETF	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	Defense	S&P 500
Total return, 1 year	+10.0%	+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−7.5 pts	+0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.03%
Already in the S&P 500	79.5%	100.0%
Holdings	51	505

ITA in plain words

By weight, 80% of ITA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 78% of the fund across 51 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +10.0% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 7.5 pts. It sits 13.5% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.

IVV in plain words

IVV is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITA or IVV?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITA returned +10.0% and IVV returned +17.6%, so IVV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, ITA or IVV?: ITA charges 0.37% a year and IVV charges 0.03%, so IVV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITA and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of ITA and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
Are ITA and IVV the same kind of fund?: No. ITA is a thematic ETF and IVV is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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