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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VCSH +1.3%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or VCSH?

Neither: ITOT and VCSH 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 VCSH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ITOT returned +13.4% to VCSH's +1.3%; 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 $43.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

+1.3%

VCSH total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.03%

VCSH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.03% a year; their one-year returns differ by 12.1 points; ITOT is 2.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ITOT vs VCSH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ITOT	VCSH
Return
Measure	ITOT	VCSH
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+1.3%
Benchmark
Measure	ITOT	VCSH
What it tracks	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)	Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	ITOT	VCSH
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$95.9bn	$43.9bn
Holdings
Measure	ITOT	VCSH
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 VCSH 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 VCSH

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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 VCSH

MKTLIQ 0.68%

Bank of America Corp 0.23%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.22%

CVS Health Corp 0.20%

AbbVie Inc 0.20%

Amazon.com Inc 0.19%

Boeing Co 0.19%

T-Mobile USA Inc 0.19%

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Side by side

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

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +1.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +1.3% (SCHJ)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs SCHJ

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.03%

Holdings 2443 3064

Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCSH as of Sep 30, 2026 $97.1bn $43.9bn

ITOT and VCSH 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%.

VCSH

VCSH tracks an index of Short-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.3% with distributions reinvested, against +1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or VCSH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VCSH +1.3%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or VCSH?: Neither: ITOT and VCSH 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 ↗

VCSH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCSH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCSH ↗

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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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