iShares Core S&P Total US Stock Market ETF

ITOT

Market cap $82.3B

The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) and the iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF (ITOT) both offer broad market coverage and minimal expenses. The Vanguard ETF is slightly more expansive than the iShares ETF.

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iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF benefits from a tech-heavy portfolio, favored by current market conditions. NVDA and AAPL hold significant weights, balancing risk-on AI exposure with defensive cash flow stability. Macro risks have diminished, supporting a wider return differential in ITOT's favor versus value-focused strategies.

The SCHB and ITOT ETFs track similarly broad slices of the U.S. stock market, with near-identical sector exposures and top holdings. Both funds charge the same ultra-low expense ratio and deliver matching total returns and yields as of late 2025.

Both ITOT and VTI charge a rock-bottom 0.03% expense ratio and offer similar broad U.S. market exposure. VTI manages far more assets and holds over 1,000 more stocks, with a marginally higher tech sector weight.

ITOT covers the entire U.S. stock market and has a higher allocation to technology stocks than VTV. VTV holds more financial, healthcare, and industrial names and offers a higher dividend yield.

Both SPTM and ITOT deliver nearly identical ultra-low fees and similar sector allocations. ITOT holds more stocks, is much larger, and trades with higher liquidity for large transactions.

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ITOT contains U.S. stocks of all sizes, including small-, mid-, and large-cap. ITOT's stock price has increased by over 200% in the past decade.