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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +16.8% and QUS +15.2%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or QUS?

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 QUS overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 97% of QUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ITOT vs QUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

ITOT and QUS hold 60% 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 $1.6bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors ETF.

ITOT costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points; ITOT is far larger, $97.4bn against $1.6bn.

	ITOT	QUS
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$97.4bn	$1.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+16.8%	+15.2%
What it tracks	S&P Total U.S. Stock Market	MSCI USA Factor Mix A-Series Capped Index ?
Holdings in common	60%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.8%	23.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+16.8%

ITOT total return, 1 year

+15.2%

QUS total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.15%

QUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and QUS hold 60% 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 8, 2026.

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60% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ITOT QUS

MICROSOFT 5.17% 3.77%

APPLE 6.62% 3.26%

NVIDIA 7.43% 2.87%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.12% 2.62%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.72% 1.32%

ELI LILLY 1.25% 2.21%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.19% 1.17%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.27% 1.14%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.17% 1.02%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.32% 0.99%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.92% 1.14%

VISA CLASS A 0.85% 1.98%

Only in ITOT

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.29%

MODERNA 0.10%

SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS INC 0.04%

COUPANG CLASS A 0.03%

GUARDANT HEALTH 0.03%

MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS 0.03%

NUTANIX CLASS A 0.03%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CLASS A 0.03%

Only in QUS

WASTE CONNECTIONS INC 0.40%

MERCADOLIBRE INC 0.15%

S+P500 EMINI FUT DEC26 0.00%

IREN LTD 0.00%

CONTRA ABIOMED INC 0.00%

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On the same fields

ITOT

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

QUS

State Street SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +16.8% +15.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −0.4 pts −2.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 96.6%

Holdings 2458 514

Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 9, 2026 and QUS as of Oct 8, 2026 $98.1bn $1.6bn

ITOT and QUS 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%.

QUS in plain words

QUS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 514 positions, with the top ten at 23.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or QUS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +16.8% and QUS +15.2%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or QUS?: 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 QUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 97% of QUS 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 ↗QUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street 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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