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IVV vs LCTU: Differences, Returns & Fees

IVV and LCTU hold 71% of their weight in the same names, and IVV returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $896.4bn for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF and $1.2bn for iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF.

IVV costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points; IVV is far larger, $896.4bn against $1.2bn.

IVV vs LCTU: Differences, Returns & Fees
IVVLCTU
Expense ratio0.03%0.15%
Net assets$896.4bn$1.2bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+15.3%
What it tracksS&P 500No index, actively managed
Holdings in common71%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.0%35.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
IVV total return, 1 year
+15.3%
LCTU total return, 1 year
0.03%
IVV expense ratio
0.15%
LCTU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVV and LCTU hold 71% 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 Oct 9, 2026.

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71% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IVV LCTU
NVIDIA 8.23% 7.91%
APPLE 7.29% 7.14%
MICROSOFT 5.89% 5.12%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.82% 3.18%
ALPHABET CLASS A 3.06% 2.48%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.35% 2.30%
BROADCOM INC 2.55% 2.05%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.45% 1.90%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.72% 1.60%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.49%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.47% 1.55%
ELI LILLY 1.40% 1.33%
Only in IVV
PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.52%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.47%
TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.38%
LINDE PLC 0.33%
AMPHENOL CORP CLASS A 0.32%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.26%
MCDONALDS CORP 0.25%
UNION PACIFIC 0.25%
Only in LCTU
AECOM 0.25%
EAST WEST BANCORP 0.23%
ETSY 0.17%
TOAST CLASS A 0.17%
NATERA 0.16%
ARAMARK 0.15%
OKTA CLASS A 0.15%
TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.15%

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On the same fields

IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
LCTU
iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +15.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (SPY) +16.6% (IWB)
Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SPY −1.4 pts vs IWB
Expense ratio 0.03% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 93.4%
Holdings 505 322
Net assets $896.4bn $1.2bn

IVV and LCTU 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 LCTU

LCTU is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 322 positions, with the top ten at 35.2%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.3% 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 LCTU?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +17.3% and LCTU +15.3%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or LCTU?
IVV is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVV and LCTU overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 93% of LCTU 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 ↗LCTU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LCTU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for LCTU ↗

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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