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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +16.8% and IWL +16.8%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or IWL?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 99% of IWL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ITOT vs IWL: Differences, Returns & Fees

ITOT and IWL hold 77% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $98.1bn for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF and $2.3bn for iShares Russell Top 200 ETF.

ITOT costs 0.12 points a year less; both returned +16.8% over a year; ITOT is far larger, $98.1bn against $2.3bn.

ITOT vs IWL: Differences, Returns & Fees
	ITOT	IWL
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.15%
Net assets	$98.1bn	$2.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+16.8%	+16.8%
What it tracks	S&P Total U.S. Stock Market	Russell Top 200 Index
Holdings in common	77%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.8%	44.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+16.8%

ITOT total return, 1 year

+16.8%

IWL total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.15%

IWL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and IWL hold 77% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

50%

half

77% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ITOT IWL

NVIDIA 7.35% 9.18%

APPLE 6.51% 8.35%

MICROSOFT 5.26% 6.82%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.41% 4.37%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.73% 3.52%

BROADCOM INC 2.28% 2.89%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.19% 2.84%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.10% 2.71%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.54% 1.99%

TESLA INC 1.43% 1.92%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.31% 1.70%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.27% 1.65%

Only in ITOT

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.23%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.17%

SNOWFLAKE 0.17%

CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.15%

PHILLIPS 66 0.15%

DATADOG INC CLASS A 0.13%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.13%

LUMENTUM HOLDINGS 0.13%

Only in IWL

SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY 0.14%

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.10%

BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT VOTING 0.03%

SOUTHERN COPPER CORP 0.03%

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On the same fields

ITOT

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

IWL

iShares Russell Top 200 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

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

Total return, 1 year +16.8% +16.8%

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 99.2%

Holdings 2459 202

Net assets $98.1bn $2.3bn

ITOT and IWL on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,459 positions, with the top ten at 34.8%.

About IWL

IWL tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 202 positions, with the top ten at 44.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or IWL?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +16.8% and IWL +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or IWL?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and IWL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 99% of IWL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ITOT and IWL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ITOT and IWL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ITOT ↗iShares page for IWL ↗

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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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