Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or QLC?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +16.8% and QLC +19.8%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or QLC?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ITOT and QLC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 96% of QLC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ITOT vs QLC: Differences, Returns & Fees

ITOT and QLC hold 52% of their weight in the same names, and QLC returned +19.8% over the year. Net assets: $98.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF, and $1.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap ETF.

ITOT costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.0 points; ITOT is far larger, $94.3bn against $1.0bn.

	ITOT	QLC
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$94.3bn	$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+16.8%	+19.8%
What it tracks	S&P Total U.S. Stock Market	Northern Trust Quality Large Cap Index
Holdings in common	52%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.8%	37.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+16.8%

ITOT total return, 1 year

+19.8%

QLC total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.25%

QLC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and QLC hold 52% 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 8, 2026.

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52% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ITOT QLC

NVIDIA 7.43% 7.10%

APPLE 6.62% 7.33%

MICROSOFT 5.17% 4.25%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.72% 4.09%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.32% 2.59%

BROADCOM INC 2.28% 2.94%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.19% 3.66%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.12% 1.40%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.27% 1.27%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.17% 1.98%

ELI LILLY 1.25% 1.12%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.56% 1.09%

Only in ITOT

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.92%

VISA CLASS A 0.85%

WALMART 0.66%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.62%

CHEVRON 0.56%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.56%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.54%

COCA-COLA 0.45%

Only in QLC

Applied Materials, Inc. 1.15%

Simon Property Group, Inc. 0.58%

Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 0.57%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 0.55%

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 0.54%

Franklin Resources, Inc. 0.53%

VICI Properties, Inc. 0.49%

Spotify Technology SA 0.33%

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On the same fields

ITOT

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

QLC

Northern Trust US Quality Large Cap 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% +19.8%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −0.4 pts +2.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 96.4%

Holdings 2458 177

Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 9, 2026 and QLC as of Jul 31, 2026 $98.1bn $1.0bn

ITOT and QLC on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ITOT in plain words

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,458 positions, with the top ten at 34.8%.

QLC in plain words

QLC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 177 positions, with the top ten at 37.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or QLC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +16.8% and QLC +19.8%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or QLC?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and QLC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 96% of QLC 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 ↗QLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QLC 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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