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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VCLT −5.9%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or VCLT?

Neither: ITOT and VCLT both charge 0.03% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ITOT vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ITOT returned +13.4% to VCLT's −5.9%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $97.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF, and $7.5bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

−5.9%

VCLT total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.03%

VCLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.03% a year; their one-year returns differ by 19.3 points; ITOT is 12.8 times larger.

ITOT vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ITOT	VCLT
Return
Measure	ITOT	VCLT
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	−5.9%
Drawdown
Measure	ITOT	VCLT
Below its high		17.8%, high on Sep 22, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	ITOT	VCLT
What it tracks	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)	Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	ITOT	VCLT
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$95.9bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	ITOT	VCLT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	88%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and VCLT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ITOT VCLT

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ITOT

NVIDIA 7.06%

APPLE 6.78%

MICROSOFT 5.28%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.32%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.52%

BROADCOM INC 2.18%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.02%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.83%

Only in VCLT

MKTLIQ 1.03%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.37%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%

CVS Health Corp 0.33%

Boeing Co 0.27%

Meta Platforms Inc 0.27%

AT&T Inc 0.24%

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Side by side

ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market Tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +13.4% −5.9%

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.03%

Holdings 2443 2562

Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026 $97.1bn $7.5bn

ITOT and VCLT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,443 positions, with the top ten at 33.9%.

VCLT

VCLT tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.9% with distributions reinvested. It sat 17.8% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or VCLT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VCLT −5.9%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or VCLT?: Neither: ITOT and VCLT both charge 0.03% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ITOT ↗

VCLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCLT ↗

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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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