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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VXF +10.6%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or VXF?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ITOT vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ITOT returned +13.4% to VXF's +10.6%; 9% 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 $30.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

+10.6%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; ITOT is 3.2 times larger.

ITOT vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ITOT	VXF
Return
Measure	ITOT	VXF
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+10.6%
Drawdown
Measure	ITOT	VXF
Below its high		6.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ITOT	VXF
What it tracks	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)	S&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Measure	ITOT	VXF
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$95.9bn	$30.2bn
Holdings
Measure	ITOT	VXF
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33.9%	11.3%

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 VXF hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ITOT VXF

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.27% 2.50%

SNOWFLAKE 0.16% 1.42%

CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.14% 1.35%

CHENIERE ENERGY 0.08% 0.67%

NATERA 0.08% 0.72%

STRATEGY INC CLASS A 0.07% 0.67%

ASTERA LABS 0.06% 0.67%

ATLASSIAN CORP CLASS A 0.05% 0.35%

OKTA CLASS A 0.05% 0.42%

REVOLUTION MEDICINES 0.05% 0.51%

ROBLOX CLASS A 0.05% 0.34%

TWILIO CLASS A 0.05% 0.54%

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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 VXF

SLCMT1142 2.26%

Qorvo Inc 0.11%

Arcosa Inc 0.09%

MKTLIQ 0.04%

Atkore Inc 0.04%

Pitney Bowes Inc 0.03%

ACV Auctions Inc 0.02%

BioLife Solutions Inc 0.02%

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Side by side

ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF VXF Vanguard Extended Market 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 Extended Market

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +10.6%

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 0.0%

Holdings 2443 3361

Net assets, ITOT as of Oct 27, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026 $97.1bn $30.2bn

ITOT and VXF 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%.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or VXF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and VXF +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or VXF?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 0% of VXF 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 ↗

VXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXF ↗

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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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