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ITOT vs PTLC: Differences, Returns & Fees

ITOT and PTLC hold 87% of their weight in the same names, and ITOT returned +16.8% over the year. Net assets: $98.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF, and $3.3bn on Oct 2, 2026 for Pacer Trendpilot US Large Cap ETF.

ITOT costs 0.57 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.5 points; ITOT is far larger, $96.9bn against $3.3bn.

ITOT vs PTLC: Differences, Returns & Fees
ITOTPTLC
Expense ratio0.03%0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 2, 2026$96.9bn$3.3bn
Total return, 1 year+16.8%+11.3%
What it tracksS&P Total U.S. Stock MarketPacer Trendpilot US Large Cap Index
Holdings in common87%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.8%37.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+16.8%
ITOT total return, 1 year
+11.3%
PTLC total return, 1 year
0.03%
ITOT expense ratio
0.60%
PTLC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and PTLC hold 87% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

87% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ITOT PTLC
NVIDIA 7.35% 7.55%
APPLE 6.51% 7.04%
MICROSOFT 5.26% 5.36%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.41% 4.13%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.73% 3.24%
BROADCOM INC 2.28% 2.86%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.19% 2.62%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.10% 1.90%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.54% 1.44%
TESLA INC 1.43% 1.36%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.27% 1.46%
ELI LILLY 1.25% 1.41%
Only in ITOT
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.30%
SNOWFLAKE 0.17%
CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.15%
BLOOM ENERGY CLASS A 0.11%
CHENIERE ENERGY 0.08%
NATERA 0.08%
ASTERA LABS 0.07%
EVERPURE INC CLASS A 0.07%
Only in PTLC
Warner Bros Discovery Inc 0.10%
Electronic Arts Inc 0.07%
AvalonBay Communities Inc 0.04%
Equity Residential 0.04%
Paramount Skydance Corp 0.00%

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On the same fields

ITOT
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
PTLC
Pacer Trendpilot US Large Cap ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Pacer
What it is Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +16.8% +11.3%
Expense ratio 0.03% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 99.0%
Holdings 2459 503
Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 9, 2026 and PTLC as of Oct 2, 2026 $98.1bn $3.3bn

ITOT and PTLC 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 PTLC

PTLC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +11.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 503 positions, with the top ten at 37.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or PTLC?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +16.8% and PTLC +11.3%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or PTLC?
ITOT is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. That is about $57 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and PTLC overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 99% of PTLC 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 ↗PTLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗PTLC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Pacer website ↗

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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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