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ITOT vs QDF: Differences, Returns & Fees

ITOT and QDF hold 35% of their weight in the same names, and QDF returned +17.4% over the year. Net assets: $98.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF, and $2.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF.

ITOT costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; ITOT is far larger, $94.3bn against $2.2bn.

ITOT vs QDF: Differences, Returns & Fees
ITOTQDF
Expense ratio0.03%0.39%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$94.3bn$2.2bn
Total return, 1 year+16.8%+17.4%
What it tracksS&P Total U.S. Stock MarketNorthern Trust Quality Dividend Index
Holdings in common35%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.8%39.4%

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

+16.8%
ITOT total return, 1 year
+17.4%
QDF total return, 1 year
0.03%
ITOT expense ratio
0.39%
QDF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and QDF hold 35% 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

35% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ITOT QDF
APPLE 6.51% 8.67%
NVIDIA 7.35% 6.33%
MICROSOFT 5.26% 3.97%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.73% 2.40%
BROADCOM INC 2.28% 4.01%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.19% 1.95%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.17% 2.56%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.83% 2.81%
ELI LILLY 1.25% 0.71%
ABBVIE 0.65% 2.94%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.62% 2.96%
LAM RESEARCH 0.53% 2.57%
Only in ITOT
AMAZON.COM INC 3.41%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.10%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.54%
TESLA INC 1.43%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.31%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.27%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.69%
WALMART 0.66%
Only in QDF
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 0.66%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 0.62%
Bath & Body Works, Inc. 0.60%
Public Storage 0.60%
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 0.58%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. 0.56%
Electronic Arts, Inc. 0.56%
Federal Realty Investment Trust 0.54%

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On the same fields

ITOT
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
QDF
Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Northern Trust
What it is Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +16.8% +17.4%
Expense ratio 0.03% 0.39%
Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 85.9%
Holdings 2459 123
Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 9, 2026 and QDF as of Jul 31, 2026 $98.1bn $2.2bn

ITOT and QDF 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 QDF

QDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 123 positions, with the top ten at 39.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or QDF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +16.8% and QDF +17.4%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or QDF?
ITOT is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and QDF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 86% of QDF 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 ↗QDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QDF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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