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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VEA +17.1%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or VEA?

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

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

By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 0% of VEA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ITOT vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ITOT returned +13.4% to VEA's +17.1%; 1% 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 $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

+17.1%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.03% a year; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points; VEA is 2.4 times larger.

ITOT vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ITOT	VEA
Return
Measure	ITOT	VEA
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+17.1%
Drawdown
Measure	ITOT	VEA
Below its high		4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ITOT	VEA
What it tracks	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Cost and size
Measure	ITOT	VEA
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$95.9bn	$231.6bn
Holdings
Measure	ITOT	VEA
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33.9%	13.6%

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 VEA hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ITOT VEA

ALLSTATE CORP 0.09% 0.07%

MERCK & CO INC 0.47% 0.06%

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES 0.06% 0.91%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.05% 0.10%

EQT 0.05% 0.04%

DOLLAR GENERAL CORP 0.04% 0.18%

DTE ENERGY 0.04% 0.31%

ESTEE LAUDER INC CLASS A 0.04% 0.15%

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC 0.04% 0.06%

PPL CORP 0.04% 0.08%

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 0.05% 0.04%

AMRIZE AG 0.03% 0.06%

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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 VEA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.81%

SK hynix Inc 2.30%

ASML Holding NV 2.14%

SLBBH1142 1.07%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.05%

Shell PLC 0.86%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.85%

Novartis AG 0.82%

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Side by side

ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF VEA Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets 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 Developed markets ex US

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +17.1%

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 0.0%

Holdings 2443 3906

Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 27, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $97.1bn $231.6bn

ITOT and VEA 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%.

VEA

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,906 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or VEA?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VEA +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or VEA?: Neither: ITOT and VEA both charge 0.03% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 0% of VEA 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 ↗

VEA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VEA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VEA ↗

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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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