ITOT vs JQUA: Differences, Returns & Fees
ITOT and JQUA hold 41% of their weight in the same names, and JQUA returned +22.2% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $98.1bn for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF and $9.3bn for JPMorgan U.S. Quality Factor ETF.
ITOT costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.4 points; ITOT is 10.6 times larger.
| ITOT | JQUA | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 0.12% |
| Net assets | $98.1bn | $9.3bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +16.8% | +22.2% |
| What it tracks | S&P Total U.S. Stock Market | JP Morgan US Quality Factor Index |
| Holdings in common | 41% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 34.8% | 19.7% |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and JQUA hold 41% 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.
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41% in common
On the same fields
ITOT and JQUA 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 JQUA
JQUA tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +22.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 307 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or JQUA?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +16.8% and JQUA +22.2%.
- Which is cheaper, ITOT or JQUA?
- ITOT is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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