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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VPL +24.8%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or VPL?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ITOT vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ITOT returned +13.4% to VPL's +24.8%; 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 $9.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

+24.8%

VPL total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.07%

VPL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.4 points; ITOT is 10.7 times larger.

ITOT vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ITOT	VPL
Return
Measure	ITOT	VPL
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+24.8%
Drawdown
Measure	ITOT	VPL
Below its high		7.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ITOT	VPL
What it tracks	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)	FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	ITOT	VPL
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$95.9bn	$9.0bn
Holdings
Measure	ITOT	VPL
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33.9%	24.8%

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 VPL 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 VPL

ALLSTATE CORP 0.09% 0.17%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.05% 0.05%

AMERIPRISE FINANCE INC 0.06% 0.03%

STERIS 0.03% 0.10%

DOW 0.03% 0.02%

APA 0.02% 0.07%

CARLISLE COMPANIES 0.02% 0.48%

EMERSON ELECTRIC 0.12% 0.02%

JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PLC 0.02% 0.11%

NEXTPOWER INC 0.02% 0.04%

REPUBLIC SERVICES INC 0.06% 0.01%

ALASKA AIR GROUP INC 0.01% 0.01%

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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 VPL

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 7.11%

SK hynix Inc 5.82%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.98%

BHP Group Ltd 1.69%

SLBBH1142 1.57%

Toyota Motor Corp 1.51%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.37%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.30%

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Side by side

ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF VPL Vanguard FTSE Pacific 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 Pacific Stock

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +24.8%

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 0.0%

Holdings 2443 2343

Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 27, 2026 and VPL as of Sep 30, 2026 $97.1bn $9.0bn

ITOT and VPL 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%.

VPL

VPL tracks an index of Pacific Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. 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 2,343 positions, with the top ten at 24.8%. It sat 7.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or VPL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VPL +24.8%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or VPL?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and VPL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 0% of VPL 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 ↗

VPL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VPL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VPL ↗

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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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