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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VDC +12.7%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or VDC?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ITOT vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ITOT returned +13.4% to VDC's +12.7%; 4% 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 $7.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

+12.7%

VDC total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.09%

VDC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; ITOT is 13.0 times larger.

ITOT vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ITOT	VDC
Return
Measure	ITOT	VDC
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+12.7%
Drawdown
Measure	ITOT	VDC
Below its high		3.1%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ITOT	VDC
What it tracks	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	ITOT	VDC
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$95.9bn	$7.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ITOT	VDC
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33.9%	66.0%

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 VDC hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ITOT VDC

WALMART 0.71% 13.86%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.59% 12.12%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.50% 9.90%

COCA-COLA 0.47% 9.80%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.42% 4.83%

PEPSICO 0.24% 4.28%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.16% 3.86%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL CLASS A 0.11% 2.58%

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE 0.10% 2.28%

MONSTER BEVERAGE 0.09% 2.08%

TARGET CORP 0.09% 2.50%

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC 0.06% 1.48%

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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 VDC

MKTLIQ 0.17%

Dole PLC 0.12%

Village Super Market Inc 0.05%

SLBBH1142 0.04%

Central Garden & Pet Co 0.04%

Westrock Coffee Co 0.04%

Nature's Sunshine Products Inc 0.02%

Niagen Bioscience Inc 0.02%

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Side by side

ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +12.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +12.7% (FSTA)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs FSTA

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 86.4%

Holdings 2443 105

Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDC as of Sep 30, 2026 $97.1bn $7.4bn

ITOT and VDC 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%.

VDC

VDC tracks an index of Consumer Staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested, against +12.7% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 66.0%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or VDC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VDC +12.7%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or VDC?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ITOT ↗

VDC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDC ↗

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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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