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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VTV +23.5%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or VTV?

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

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

By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 98% of VTV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

ITOT vs VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ITOT returned +13.4% to VTV's +23.5%; 38% 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 $184.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

+23.5%

VTV total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.03%

VTV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.03% a year; their one-year returns differ by 10.1 points; VTV is 1.9 times larger.

ITOT vs VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ITOT	VTV
Return
Measure	ITOT	VTV
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+23.5%
Benchmark
Measure	ITOT	VTV
What it tracks	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)	Morningstar US Large Cap Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	ITOT	VTV
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$95.9bn	$184.2bn
Holdings
Measure	ITOT	VTV
Holdings in common	38%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33.9%	23.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Feb 6, 2004 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,185 weekly returns

ITOT VTV

Return

Total return edge ITOT +879.9% +716.5%

Annualized edge ITOT (slight) +10.5% +9.7%

Price return edge ITOT +562.8% +353.0%

Risk

Volatility edge Tie 17.4% 17.2%

Max drawdown edge ITOT (slight) −54.7% −59.1%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge ITOT (slight) 0.56 0.52

Sortino edge ITOT (slight) 0.80 0.73

Calmar edge ITOT 0.19 0.16

Reading

ITOT returned more: +879.9% to +716.5%. ITOT and VTV swung about the same: 17.4% and 17.2%. ITOT fell slightly less at its worst: −54.7% to −59.1%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: ITOT vs VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ITOT	VTV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+879.9%	+716.5%	ITOT	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.5%	+9.7%	ITOT (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+562.8%	+353.0%	ITOT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	17.4%	17.2%	Tie	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.2%	12.2%	Tie	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−54.7%	−59.1%	ITOT (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.56	0.52	ITOT (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.80	0.73	ITOT (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.19	0.16	ITOT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 1,185 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

38%

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and VTV hold 38% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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38% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ITOT VTV

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.40% 4.56%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.36% 2.92%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.20% 3.33%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.99% 2.56%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.87% 2.42%

WALMART 0.71% 1.72%

ABBVIE 0.68% 1.75%

CHEVRON 0.60% 1.45%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.59% 1.45%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.50% 1.28%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 0.49% 1.25%

COCA-COLA 0.47% 1.26%

Only in one fund ↓

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 VTV

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.55%

Warner Bros Discovery Inc 0.28%

MKTLIQ 0.17%

Ingersoll Rand Inc 0.11%

SLBBH1142 0.00%

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Side by side

ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF VTV Vanguard Morningstar Value 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 US value

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +23.5%

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 98.1%

Holdings 2443 300

Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTV as of Sep 30, 2026 $97.1bn $184.2bn

ITOT and VTV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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ITOT and VTV do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. ITOT follows S&P Total Market Index (TMI) and VTV follows Morningstar US Large Cap Value Index.
Holdings in common. 38% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 ITOT returned +13.4% and VTV +23.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 10.1 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

VTV

VTV tracks an index of US value. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +23.5% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 300 positions, with the top ten at 23.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or VTV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VTV +23.5%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or VTV?: Neither: ITOT and VTV both charge 0.03% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and VTV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 98% of VTV 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 ↗

VTV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTV ↗

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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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