ITOT vs PBUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
ITOT and PBUS hold 90% 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 $10.8bn for Invesco MSCI USA ETF.
ITOT costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; ITOT is 9.1 times larger.
| ITOT | PBUS | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 0.04% |
| Net assets | $98.1bn | $10.8bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +16.8% | +16.9% |
| What it tracks | S&P Total U.S. Stock Market | MSCI USA Index |
| Holdings in common | 90% | |
| Holdings dated | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 10, 2026 |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 34.8% | 38.2% |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and PBUS hold 90% 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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90% in common
On the same fields
ITOT and PBUS 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 PBUS
PBUS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 516 positions, with the top ten at 38.2%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or PBUS?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +16.8% and PBUS +16.9%.
- Which is cheaper, ITOT or PBUS?
- ITOT is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 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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