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IVV vs LCAP: Differences, Returns & Fees

IVV and LCAP hold 45% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $896.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, and $1.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Principal Capital Appreciation Select ETF.

IVV costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; IVV is far larger, $891.8bn against $1.9bn.

IVV vs LCAP: Differences, Returns & Fees
IVVLCAP
Expense ratio0.03%0.29%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$891.8bn$1.9bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+17.7%
What it tracksS&P 500No index, actively managed
Holdings in common45%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.0%42.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
IVV total return, 1 year
+17.7%
LCAP total return, 1 year
0.03%
IVV expense ratio
0.29%
LCAP expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVV and LCAP hold 45% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

45% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IVV LCAP
NVIDIA 8.23% 7.18%
APPLE 7.29% 6.06%
MICROSOFT 5.89% 3.88%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.82% 3.73%
ALPHABET CLASS A 3.06% 5.38%
BROADCOM INC 2.55% 3.36%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.72% 1.91%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.35% 1.62%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.58%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.47% 1.40%
ELI LILLY 1.40% 2.52%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.31% 2.82%
Only in IVV
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.45%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.03%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.93%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.77%
WALMART 0.74%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.71%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 0.71%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.69%
Only in LCAP
TJX Cos Inc/The 2.10%
Novartis AG 1.49%
Dick's Sporting Goods Inc 1.23%
Ameriprise Financial Inc 1.17%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.16%
Exxon Mobil Corp 1.09%
O'Reilly Automotive Inc 1.07%
Ventas Inc 1.02%

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On the same fields

IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
LCAP
Principal Capital Appreciation Select ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Principal
What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +17.7%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (SPY) +16.6% (IWB)
Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SPY +1.0 pts vs IWB
Expense ratio 0.03% 0.29%
Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 89.5%
Holdings 505 54
Net assets, IVV as of Oct 9, 2026 and LCAP as of Oct 8, 2026 $896.4bn $1.9bn

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

About IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

About LCAP

LCAP is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 54 positions, with the top ten at 42.0%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.7% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IVV or LCAP?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +17.3% and LCAP +17.7%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or LCAP?
IVV is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVV and LCAP overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 90% of LCAP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IVV ↗LCAP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LCAP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Principal website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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