ITOT vs VTHR: Differences, Returns & Fees

ITOT and VTHR hold 93% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $98.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF, and $4.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF.

ITOT costs 0.03 points a year less; both returned +16.8% over a year; ITOT is 19.6 times larger.

ITOT vs VTHR: Differences, Returns & Fees
ITOTVTHR
Expense ratio0.03%0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$95.9bn$4.9bn
Total return, 1 year+16.8%+16.8%
What it tracksS&P Total U.S. Stock MarketRussell 3000 Index
Holdings in common93%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.8%33.4%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+16.8%
ITOT total return, 1 year
+16.8%
VTHR total return, 1 year
0.03%
ITOT expense ratio
0.06%
VTHR expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and VTHR hold 93% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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93% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ITOT VTHR
NVIDIA 7.35% 6.96%
APPLE 6.51% 6.19%
MICROSOFT 5.26% 5.09%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.41% 3.40%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.73% 2.67%
BROADCOM INC 2.28% 2.33%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.19% 2.16%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.10% 1.70%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.54% 1.46%
TESLA INC 1.43% 1.45%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.27% 1.27%
ELI LILLY 1.25% 1.25%
Only in ITOT
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.23%
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV 0.08%
TE CONNECTIVITY PLC 0.08%
VYLOR 0.06%
AMRIZE AG 0.02%
AUTOLIV 0.01%
ERIE INDEMNITY CLASS A 0.01%
FEDERATED HERMES INC CLASS B 0.01%
Only in VTHR
MKTLIQ 0.13%
Spotify Technology SA 0.12%
Warner Bros Discovery Inc 0.09%
Anglogold Ashanti Plc 0.08%
NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands 0.07%
Restaurant Brands International Inc 0.04%
SLBBH1142 0.03%
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd 0.03%

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On the same fields

ITOT
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
VTHR
Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +16.8% +16.8%
Its benchmark over the same days not published +16.7% (IWV)
Gap to its benchmark not available +0.1 pts vs IWV
Expense ratio 0.03% 0.06%
Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 88.3%
Holdings 2459 2978
Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 9, 2026 and VTHR as of Sep 30, 2026 $98.1bn $4.9bn

ITOT and VTHR on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,459 positions, with the top ten at 34.8%.

About VTHR

VTHR tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested, against +16.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,978 positions, with the top ten at 33.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or VTHR?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +16.8% and VTHR +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or VTHR?
ITOT is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and VTHR overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 88% of VTHR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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