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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VDE +58.8%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or VDE?

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 VDE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 81% of VDE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ITOT vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ITOT returned +13.4% to VDE's +58.8%; 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 $10.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Energy ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

+58.8%

VDE total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.09%

VDE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 45.4 points; ITOT is 9.2 times larger.

ITOT vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ITOT	VDE
Return
Measure	ITOT	VDE
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+58.8%
Benchmark
Measure	ITOT	VDE
What it tracks	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	ITOT	VDE
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$95.9bn	$10.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ITOT	VDE
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33.9%	67.1%

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 VDE 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 VDE

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.99% 22.88%

CHEVRON 0.60% 14.42%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.24% 5.87%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.16% 4.46%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.15% 4.45%

PHILLIPS 66 0.14% 3.94%

WILLIAMS 0.12% 3.16%

EOG RESOURCES 0.11% 2.85%

SLB 0.11% 2.83%

KINDER MORGAN 0.09% 2.23%

TARGA RESOURCES 0.09% 2.21%

BAKER HUGHES CLASS A 0.08% 2.07%

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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 VDE

MKTLIQ 0.34%

Plains GP Holdings LP 0.23%

Hess Midstream LP 0.20%

SLBBH1142 0.11%

Kimbell Royalty Partners LP 0.08%

W&T Offshore Inc 0.05%

Granite Ridge Resources Inc 0.04%

Ring Energy Inc 0.03%

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Side by side

ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF VDE Vanguard Energy 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 Energy

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +58.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +59.0% (FENY)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs FENY

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 81.2%

Holdings 2443 113

Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDE as of Sep 30, 2026 $97.1bn $10.4bn

ITOT and VDE 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%.

VDE

VDE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +58.8% with distributions reinvested, against +59.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 67.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or VDE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VDE +58.8%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or VDE?: 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 VDE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 81% of VDE 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 ↗

VDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDE ↗

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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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