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ITOT vs LCTU: Differences, Returns & Fees

ITOT and LCTU hold 69% of their weight in the same names, and ITOT returned +16.8% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $98.1bn for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF and $1.2bn for iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF.

ITOT costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points; ITOT is far larger, $98.1bn against $1.2bn.

ITOT vs LCTU: Differences, Returns & Fees
ITOTLCTU
Expense ratio0.03%0.15%
Net assets$98.1bn$1.2bn
Total return, 1 year+16.8%+15.3%
What it tracksS&P Total U.S. Stock MarketNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common69%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.8%35.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+16.8%
ITOT total return, 1 year
+15.3%
LCTU total return, 1 year
0.03%
ITOT expense ratio
0.15%
LCTU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and LCTU hold 69% 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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69% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ITOT LCTU
NVIDIA 7.35% 7.91%
APPLE 6.51% 7.14%
MICROSOFT 5.26% 5.12%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.41% 3.18%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.73% 2.48%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.10% 2.30%
BROADCOM INC 2.28% 2.05%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.19% 1.90%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.54% 1.60%
TESLA INC 1.43% 1.49%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.31% 1.55%
ELI LILLY 1.25% 1.33%
Only in ITOT
PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.47%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.42%
TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.34%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.30%
LINDE PLC 0.29%
AMPHENOL CORP CLASS A 0.28%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.23%
MCDONALDS CORP 0.22%
Only in LCTU
BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE SUBORDINATE V 0.13%
SOUTHERN COPPER CORP 0.13%
SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY 0.07%
XP CLASS A INC 0.07%
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.05%
MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR 0.05%
GAMESTOP EQUITY WARRANT EXPIRY TH 0.00%
WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC 0.00%

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On the same fields

ITOT
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
LCTU
iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +16.8% +15.3%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +16.6% (IWB)
Gap to its benchmark not available −1.4 pts vs IWB
Expense ratio 0.03% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 93.4%
Holdings 2459 322
Net assets $98.1bn $1.2bn

ITOT and LCTU 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 LCTU

LCTU is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 322 positions, with the top ten at 35.2%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or LCTU?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +16.8% and LCTU +15.3%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or LCTU?
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 LCTU overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 93% of LCTU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ITOT ↗LCTU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LCTU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for LCTU ↗

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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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