IVV vs VTHR: Differences, Returns & Fees

IVV and VTHR hold 88% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $896.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, and $4.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF.

IVV costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; IVV is far larger, $881.3bn against $4.9bn.

IVV vs VTHR: Differences, Returns & Fees
IVVVTHR
Expense ratio0.03%0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$881.3bn$4.9bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+16.8%
What it tracksS&P 500Russell 3000 Index
Holdings in common88%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.0%33.4%

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

+17.3%
IVV total return, 1 year
+16.8%
VTHR total return, 1 year
0.03%
IVV expense ratio
0.06%
VTHR expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVV and VTHR hold 88% 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.

half

88% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IVV VTHR
NVIDIA 8.23% 6.96%
APPLE 7.29% 6.19%
MICROSOFT 5.89% 5.09%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.82% 3.40%
ALPHABET CLASS A 3.06% 2.67%
BROADCOM INC 2.55% 2.33%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.45% 2.16%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.35% 1.70%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.72% 1.46%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.45%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.31% 1.29%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.42% 1.27%
Only in IVV
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.26%
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV 0.09%
TE CONNECTIVITY PLC 0.09%
VYLOR 0.07%
ERIE INDEMNITY CLASS A 0.01%
SKYDANCE SHS CLASS B 0.01%
HOLOGIC INC 0.00%
S&P500 EMINI DEC 26 0.00%
Only in VTHR
Snowflake Inc 0.15%
MKTLIQ 0.13%
Cloudflare Inc 0.13%
Spotify Technology SA 0.12%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.10%
Warner Bros Discovery Inc 0.09%
Cheniere Energy Inc 0.08%
Anglogold Ashanti Plc 0.08%

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On the same fields

IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
VTHR
Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +16.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (SPY) +16.7% (IWV)
Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SPY +0.1 pts vs IWV
Expense ratio 0.03% 0.06%
Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 88.3%
Holdings 505 2978
Net assets, IVV as of Oct 9, 2026 and VTHR as of Sep 30, 2026 $896.4bn $4.9bn

IVV and VTHR 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 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, IVV or VTHR?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +17.3% and VTHR +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or VTHR?
IVV 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 IVV and VTHR overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 88% of VTHR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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