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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and IWM +14.1%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or IWM?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

ITOT vs IWM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ITOT returned +13.4% to IWM's +14.1%; 2% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $97.1bn for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF and $75.5bn for iShares Russell 2000 ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

+14.1%

IWM total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.19%

IWM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; ITOT is 1.3 times larger.

ITOT vs IWM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ITOT	IWM
Return
Measure	ITOT	IWM
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	ITOT	IWM
Below its high		7.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ITOT	IWM
What it tracks	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)	Russell 2000 Index
Cost and size
Measure	ITOT	IWM
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.19%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$97.1bn	$75.5bn
Holdings
Measure	ITOT	IWM
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33.9%	3.3%

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

Risk and return

Jan 30, 2004 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,186 weekly returns

ITOT IWM

Return

Total return edge ITOT +886.3% +542.8%

Annualized edge ITOT +10.6% +8.5%

Price return edge ITOT +567.2% +377.1%

Risk

Volatility edge ITOT 17.3% 22.5%

Max drawdown edge ITOT (slight) −54.7% −57.7%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge ITOT 0.56 0.40

Sortino edge ITOT 0.80 0.57

Calmar edge ITOT 0.19 0.15

Reading

ITOT returned more: +886.3% to +542.8%. ITOT swung less: 17.3% to 22.5%. ITOT fell slightly less at its worst: −54.7% to −57.7%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: ITOT vs IWM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ITOT	IWM	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+886.3%	+542.8%	ITOT	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.6%	+8.5%	ITOT	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+567.2%	+377.1%	ITOT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	17.3%	22.5%	ITOT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.2%	15.7%	ITOT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−54.7%	−57.7%	ITOT (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.56	0.40	ITOT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.80	0.57	ITOT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.19	0.15	ITOT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 1,186 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and IWM 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 ITOT IWM

10X GENOMICS CLASS A 0.01% 0.31%

AAR 0.01% 0.13%

ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH CLASS A 0.01% 0.25%

ACADEMY SPORTS AND OUTDOORS 0.01% 0.12%

ACI WORLDWIDE 0.01% 0.19%

ALKERMES 0.01% 0.25%

AMERICAN STATES WATER 0.01% 0.11%

AMERIS BANCORP 0.01% 0.18%

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS INC CLASS A 0.01% 0.11%

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT INC 0.01% 0.14%

ARCHROCK 0.01% 0.18%

ARCUTIS BIOTHERAPEUTICS 0.01% 0.12%

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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%

Only in IWM

JFROG 0.37%

SSR MINING 0.21%

BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE CORP CLA 0.16%

GOLAR LNG 0.15%

MAREX GROUP LTD 0.15%

KINIKSA PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIO 0.14%

SCORPIO TANKERS 0.13%

DHT HOLDINGS 0.12%

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Side by side

ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market Tracks the Russell 2000

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +14.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.3% (VTWO)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs VTWO

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.19%

Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 0.0%

Holdings 2443 1977

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $97.1bn $75.5bn

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

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

What each follows. ITOT follows S&P Total Market Index (TMI) and IWM follows Russell 2000 Index.
Holdings in common. 2% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
Cost. ITOT charges 0.03% of assets a year and IWM 0.19%, a gap of 0.16 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

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%.

IWM

IWM tracks the Russell 2000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.19% 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 1,977 positions, with the top ten at 3.3%. It sat 7.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or IWM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and IWM +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or IWM?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and IWM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 0% of IWM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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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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