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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +16.8% and STXF +17.3%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or STXF?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 98% of STXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ITOT vs STXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

ITOT and STXF hold 87% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $98.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF, and $1.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Strive 500 ETF.

ITOT costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; ITOT is far larger, $94.1bn against $1.1bn.

	ITOT	STXF
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$94.1bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+16.8%	+17.3%
What it tracks	S&P Total U.S. Stock Market	Bloomberg 500 Index
Holdings in common	87%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.8%	36.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+16.8%

ITOT total return, 1 year

+17.3%

STXF total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.05%

STXF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and STXF 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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87% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ITOT STXF

NVIDIA 7.43% 7.26%

APPLE 6.62% 6.49%

MICROSOFT 5.17% 4.30%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.32% 3.59%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.72% 3.21%

BROADCOM INC 2.28% 2.73%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.19% 2.56%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.12% 1.92%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.56% 2.00%

TESLA INC 1.41% 2.18%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.35% 1.47%

ELI LILLY 1.25% 1.59%

Only in ITOT

EVERPURE INC CLASS A 0.07%

FLEX LTD 0.06%

VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL 0.06%

VYLOR 0.06%

CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD 0.05%

REVOLUTION MEDICINES 0.05%

NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 0.04%

SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS INC 0.04%

Only in STXF

Spotify Technology SA 0.11%

Nebius Group NV 0.09%

Warner Bros Discovery Inc 0.09%

Electronic Arts Inc 0.07%

AvalonBay Communities Inc 0.04%

Equity Residential 0.04%

Viking Holdings Ltd 0.03%

Grab Holdings Ltd 0.02%

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On the same fields

ITOT

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

STXF

Strive 500 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Strive

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

Total return, 1 year +16.8% +17.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −0.4 pts 0.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 97.5%

Holdings 2458 500

Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 9, 2026 and STXF as of Jun 30, 2026 $98.1bn $1.1bn

ITOT and STXF 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%.

STXF in plain words

STXF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 500 positions, with the top ten at 36.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or STXF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +16.8% and STXF +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or STXF?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and STXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 98% of STXF 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 ↗STXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗STXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Strive 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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