ITOT vs VTHR: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

ITOTANYSE Arca

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF

VTHRBNasdaq

Overlap

92.0%by weight

Expense ratio

ITOT −0.03pt a year

ITOT0.03%VTHR0.06%

Avg volume · 30D

ITOT 53.4×the volume

ITOT1.55MVTHR29K

10Y return · a year

ITOT+14.6%VTHR+14.6%

ITOT vs VTHR Performance

Nov 9, 2021 – Nov 9, 2026

+64.2%ITOT+64.7%VTHR

Expense ratio: ITOT 0.03%, better; VTHR 0.06%
Fund size: ITOT $93.2B; VTHR $4.9B
1Y total return: ITOT +13.5%; VTHR +13.6%, better
Yield (12M): ITOT 1.02%; VTHR 1.04%, better
Holdings: ITOT 2425; VTHR 2994
Avg volume (30D): ITOT 1.55M sh, better; VTHR 29K sh
NAV per share: ITOT $160.52; VTHR $324.38
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for ITOT, VTHR, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	ITOT	VTHR
Cost30% weight	A75Higher	C53
Mission25% weight	A100	A100
Risk15% weight	C48	C48
Tradability15% weight	A83Higher	F23
Holdings10% weight	A71Higher	C54
Durability5% weight	A81Higher	B61

Rank among Total US Market funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. ITOT and VTHR are both graded against the same 10 Total US Market funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Total US Market⁠

Category · 10 funds

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ITOT ranks 1st and VTHR 8th of 10 funds in the Total US Market Category.

Rank 1AITOTiShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETFScore 78
Rank 2ASCHBSchwab U.S. Broad Market ETFScore 75
Rank 7BIWViShares Russell 3000 ETFScore 60
Rank 8BVTHRVanguard Russell 3000 ETFScore 59
Rank 9CIYYiShares Dow Jones U.S. ETFScore 53

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

ITOTAiShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

VTHRBVanguard Russell 3000 ETF

In short

ITOT The S&P family's answer to total-market indexing: large, mid and small U.S. stocks in one 0.03% wrapper, running since 2004. Same fee as the Vanguard and Schwab giants, a different index rulebook.

VTHR Most total-market ETFs track CRSP or S&P benchmarks. VTHR tracks the Russell 3000, the yardstick a lot of institutions actually report against, and charges 0.06% a year to do it.

Stated mandate

ITOT The fund seeks to track the performance of the S&P Composite 1500, representing U.S. stocks across market capitalizations.

VTHR The fund uses an indexing approach to track the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 98% of the U.S. equity market.

Why people hold it

ITOT 0.03% a year, matching the category's biggest names (VTI, SCHB) and sitting below what the typical fund in this group charges.
One index, no tilts: U.S. stocks across market caps in cap-weight order. The mandate it prints is the mandate it runs.
Trading since 2004 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund with active daily volume, so spreads are rarely the story.
Plain 1940 Act fund structure, cash paid out quarterly.

VTHR The cheap seat on the Russell 3000: 0.06% a year, against 0.20% for IWV, the other ETF built on the same index.
One line item covers roughly 98% of the investable US equity market, mega caps down through small caps.vanguard.com
Vanguard has run it since 2010 with tracking that stays very tight to the index, so what lands in your account is the benchmark less a thin fee.
Plain vanilla plumbing: an index fund in a standard 1940 Act ETF wrapper, paying distributions quarterly.

Worth knowing

ITOT Cap weighting puts the megacaps in the driver's seat; the long tail of smaller names is a thin slice of the basket.
SPTM tracks the same declared index at the same 0.03% fee, so the pick comes down to platform, spreads and existing tax lots.
All-equity and all-U.S. by design: no bonds, no foreign stocks in the wrapper.

VTHR Vanguard's own VTI covers nearly the same market for 0.03%. The extra basis points here buy you the Russell index specifically.
It trades thinly next to the giants in the total-market aisle, so limit orders and avoiding the open and close matter more.
The Russell 3000 rebuilds its membership on an annual reconstitution schedule, so index changes arrive on a calendar rather than continuously.vanguard.com

Full ITOT profile⁠

Full VTHR profile⁠

ITOT vs VTHR Holdings

How ITOT and VTHR differ

Overlap by weight

92.0%

Shared holdings make up 99.2% of ITOT and 98.6% of VTHR.

Level by level

Holdings2,351 in both92.0%
Sector11 Sectors94.8%
Countryby domicile99.4%
Asset classStocks100%

Sector

Sector weights in ITOT and VTHR, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	ITOT	VTHR
Technology	VTHR +4.4 points	33.4%	37.8%
Financials	ITOT +1.5 points	13.2%	11.7%
Health Care	ITOT +1.1 points	11.1%	10.0%
Communication	VTHR +0.8 points	8.5%	9.3%
Consumer Staples	ITOT +0.8 points	5.0%	4.2%
Consumer Discretionary	ITOT +0.7 points	9.6%	8.9%
Industrials	ITOT +0.5 points	9.2%	8.7%
Utilities	ITOT +0.2 points	2.1%	1.9%
Materials	ITOT +0.2 points	2.1%	1.9%
Real Estate	ITOT +0.2 points	2.3%	2.1%
Energy	ITOT +0.1 points	3.7%	3.6%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in ITOT and VTHR, widest gap first
Country	More in ITOTMore in VTHR	Gap	ITOT	VTHR
United States		VTHR +0.6 points	99.4%	100.0%
Other countries (8)		ITOT +0.6 points	0.6%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

ITOT33.4%
VTHR34.7%

Securities held

ITOT2,421
VTHR2,990

Asset class

ITOT: Stocks
VTHR: Stocks

Holdings

Only in ITOT70
In both2,351
Only in VTHR639

Only in ITOT

70 securities, 0.6% of ITOT by weight

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC0.15%
Nxp Semiconductors NV0.09%
Te Connectivity PLC0.08%
Vylor0.07%
Amrize AG0.03%
Autoliv0.01%
Erie Indemnity Class A0.01%
Venture Global Class A<0.01%
Snap Inc Class A<0.01%
Msg Knickerbockers Class A<0.01%
U Haul Non Voting Series N<0.01%
Federated Hermes Inc Class B<0.01%
Warner Music Group Class A<0.01%
Skydance Shs Class B<0.01%
Octave Intelligence PLC Class B<0.01%
Netskope Class A<0.01%
Brady Nonvoting Class A<0.01%
Cerebras Systems Inc Class A<0.01%
Symbotic Class A<0.01%
Billiontoone Class A<0.01%
Levi Strauss Class A<0.01%
Arxis Class A<0.01%
Ionic Digital Inc Class A<0.01%
Msg Rangers Class A<0.01%
Madison Air Solutions Corp Class A<0.01%
Trulieve Cannabis Subordinate Voti<0.01%
Equipmentshare Com Inc Class A<0.01%
Solaredge Technologies<0.01%
Ezcorp Non Voting Inc Class A<0.01%
Uniqure<0.01%
Andersen Group Inc Class A<0.01%
Uranium Royalty Corp<0.01%
Mobileye Global Inc Class A<0.01%
Twenty One Capital Inc Class A<0.01%
Securitize Corp<0.01%
Tootsie Roll Industries<0.01%
Greif Inc Class B<0.01%
Ethos Technologies Inc Class A<0.01%
Array Digital Infrastructure Inc<0.01%
Obsidian Therapeutics Inc<0.01%
Freenome<0.01%
Oppenheimer Holdings Non Voting Class<0.01%
Faeth Therapeutics Inc<0.01%
Artesian Resources Corp Class A<0.01%
Quantum Corporation<0.01%
Quantum Si Inc Class A<0.01%
Ur Energy Inc<0.01%
Qvc Group<0.01%
Goodrx Holdings Class A<0.01%
Optimizerx<0.01%

Only in VTHR

639 securities, 1.1% of VTHR by weight

Spotify Technology SA0.10%
Warner Bros Discovery Inc0.10%
Anglogold Ashanti Plc0.06%
NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands0.06%
SLBBH11420.05%
Kenvue Inc0.05%
Restaurant Brands International Inc0.03%
Southern Copper Corp0.03%
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd0.02%
TRS:PAYPAL HOLDINGS INC USD 2027-Aug-310.02%
GFL Environmental Inc0.02%
IREN Ltd0.02%
Viking Holdings Ltd0.02%
Ascendis Pharma A/S0.02%
TRS:GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC USD 2027-Aug-310.02%
JFrog Ltd0.01%
Qorvo Inc0.01%
Qiagen NV0.01%
XP Inc0.01%
Millicom International Cellular SA0.01%
Arcosa Inc<0.01%
SSR Mining Inc<0.01%
On Holding AG<0.01%
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp<0.01%
Amdocs Ltd<0.01%
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc<0.01%
U-Haul Holding Co<0.01%
Amer Sports Inc<0.01%
Golar LNG Ltd<0.01%
Brookfield Infrastructure Corp<0.01%
Marex Group Ltd<0.01%
Indivior Pharmaceuticals Inc<0.01%
Jbs NV<0.01%
Brookfield Renewable Corp<0.01%
Scorpio Tankers Inc<0.01%
TRS:GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC USD 2027-Jan-29<0.01%
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc<0.01%
LXP Industrial Trust<0.01%
DHT Holdings Inc<0.01%
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International Plc<0.01%
Aura Minerals Inc<0.01%
Atkore Inc<0.01%
Freedom Holding Corp/NV<0.01%
Constellium SE<0.01%
Almonty Industries Inc<0.01%
Energy Fuels Inc/Canada<0.01%
CBIZ Inc<0.01%
IMAX Corp<0.01%
Webull Corp<0.01%
Teekay Tankers Ltd<0.01%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 2,351 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in ITOT and VTHR, widest gap first
Holding	Gap	ITOT	VTHR
NVIDIANVDA	VTHR +0.93 points	6.32%	7.25%
Micron TechnologyMU	VTHR +0.54 points	1.09%	1.63%
AppleAAPL	ITOT +0.42 points	6.98%	6.56%
Alphabet Class AGOOGL	VTHR +0.40 points	2.34%	2.74%
Intel CorporationINTC	VTHR +0.36 points	0.39%	0.75%
Advanced Micro DevicesAMD	VTHR +0.33 points	1.03%	1.36%
MicrosoftMSFT	ITOT +0.32 points	5.51%	5.19%
Alphabet Class CGOOG	VTHR +0.30 points	1.89%	2.19%
Meta Platforms Class AMETA	VTHR +0.29 points	1.88%	2.17%
Broadcom IncAVGO	VTHR +0.27 points	1.95%	2.22%
Amazon.com IncAMZN	ITOT +0.27 points	3.56%	3.29%
Eli LillyLLY	ITOT +0.26 points	1.52%	1.26%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class BBRK.B	ITOT +0.23 points	1.49%	1.26%
Lam ResearchLRCX	VTHR +0.21 points	0.35%	0.56%
Applied Material IncAMAT	VTHR +0.18 points	0.37%	0.55%
Visa Class AV	ITOT +0.18 points	1.01%	0.83%
SandiskSNDK	VTHR +0.17 points	0.17%	0.34%
WalmartWMT	ITOT +0.16 points	0.78%	0.62%
Caterpillar IncCAT	VTHR +0.14 points	0.36%	0.50%
Marvell TechnologyMRVL	VTHR +0.14 points	0.17%	0.31%
Mastercard Class AMA	ITOT +0.13 points	0.74%	0.61%
Space Exploration Technologies CorSPCX	ITOT +0.13 points	0.26%	0.13%
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST	ITOT +0.10 points	0.65%	0.55%
KlaKLAC	VTHR +0.10 points	0.25%	0.35%
Home DepotHD	ITOT +0.09 points	0.48%	0.39%
AbbVieABBV	ITOT +0.09 points	0.72%	0.63%
Dell Technologies Inc Class CDELL	VTHR +0.08 points	0.14%	0.22%
Western Digital CorpWDC	VTHR +0.08 points	0.13%	0.21%
Palo Alto NetworksPANW	VTHR +0.08 points	0.36%	0.44%
Procter & GamblePG	ITOT +0.08 points	0.54%	0.46%
ChevronCVX	ITOT +0.07 points	0.59%	0.52%
Accenture PLC Class AACN	ITOT +0.07 points	0.22%	0.15%
Coca-ColaKO	ITOT +0.07 points	0.52%	0.45%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ	ITOT +0.06 points	0.93%	0.87%
Cisco Systems IncCSCO	VTHR +0.06 points	0.52%	0.58%
CortevaCTVA	VTHR +0.06 points	0.01%	0.07%
Ge VernovaGEV	VTHR +0.06 points	0.29%	0.35%
Applovin Class AAPP	ITOT +0.05 points	0.15%	0.10%
Crowdstrike Holdings Class ACRWD	VTHR +0.05 points	0.31%	0.36%
Mcdonalds CorpMCD	ITOT +0.05 points	0.27%	0.22%
Palantir Technologies Class APLTR	VTHR +0.05 points	0.52%	0.57%
Kimberly ClarkKMB	ITOT +0.05 points	0.09%	0.04%
CorningGLW	VTHR +0.05 points	0.12%	0.17%
FortinetFTNT	VTHR +0.05 points	0.10%	0.15%
UnitedHealth GroupUNH	ITOT +0.04 points	0.49%	0.45%
Exxonmobil Holdings CorpXOM	ITOT +0.04 points	0.95%	0.91%
Eaton PLCETN	VTHR +0.04 points	0.19%	0.23%
International Business Machines CoIBM	ITOT +0.04 points	0.32%	0.28%
JPMorgan Chase & CoJPM	ITOT +0.04 points	1.24%	1.20%
ServicenowNOW	VTHR +0.04 points	0.15%	0.19%
Arista NetworksANET	VTHR +0.04 points	0.25%	0.29%
Nextera EnergyNEE	ITOT +0.03 points	0.25%	0.21%
Datadog Inc Class ADDOG	VTHR +0.04 points	0.08%	0.12%
S&P GlobalSPGI	ITOT +0.04 points	0.20%	0.16%
Amgen IncAMGN	ITOT +0.04 points	0.35%	0.31%
TeradyneTER	VTHR +0.04 points	0.05%	0.09%
Gilead SciencesGILD	ITOT +0.04 points	0.29%	0.25%
ModernaMRNA	ITOT +0.03 points	0.13%	0.10%
Mckesson CorpMCK	ITOT +0.03 points	0.17%	0.14%
Lumentum HoldingsLITE	VTHR +0.03 points	0.07%	0.10%
Lowes Companies IncLOW	ITOT +0.04 points	0.18%	0.14%
PepsicoPEP	ITOT +0.03 points	0.27%	0.24%
Linde PLCLIN	ITOT +0.03 points	0.33%	0.30%
Bloom Energy Class ABE	VTHR +0.03 points	0.07%	0.10%
Walt DisneyDIS	ITOT +0.03 points	0.28%	0.25%
PayPal HoldingsPYPL	ITOT +0.03 points	0.07%	0.04%
Abbott LaboratoriesABT	ITOT +0.04 points	0.27%	0.23%
Astera LabsALAB	VTHR +0.03 points	0.04%	0.07%
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseHPE	VTHR +0.04 points	0.08%	0.12%
Bank of AmericaBAC	VTHR +0.03 points	0.45%	0.48%
Cloudflare Class ANET	VTHR +0.03 points	0.12%	0.15%
IntuitINTU	ITOT +0.03 points	0.13%	0.10%
Ge AerospaceGE	ITOT +0.03 points	0.47%	0.44%
Comfort Systems UsaFIX	VTHR +0.03 points	0.05%	0.08%
StrykerSYK	ITOT +0.03 points	0.16%	0.13%
Intuitive SurgicalISRG	ITOT +0.02 points	0.22%	0.20%
Robinhood Markets Class AHOOD	VTHR +0.03 points	0.09%	0.12%
Vertiv Holdings Class AVRT	VTHR +0.03 points	0.10%	0.13%
Automatic Data Processing IncADP	ITOT +0.03 points	0.17%	0.14%
Medtronic PLCMDT	ITOT +0.03 points	0.18%	0.15%
Philip Morris InternationalPM	ITOT +0.02 points	0.43%	0.41%
Wells FargoWFC	ITOT +0.02 points	0.35%	0.33%
Cme Group Class ACME	ITOT +0.02 points	0.15%	0.13%
Altria Group IncMO	ITOT +0.03 points	0.18%	0.15%
MarshMRSH	ITOT +0.03 points	0.14%	0.11%
Amphenol Corp Class AAPH	VTHR +0.02 points	0.26%	0.28%
NetflixNFLX	VTHR +0.02 points	0.37%	0.39%
ChubbCB	ITOT +0.02 points	0.18%	0.15%
Royal Caribbean GroupRCL	ITOT +0.02 points	0.11%	0.09%
Starbucks CorpSBUX	ITOT +0.02 points	0.17%	0.15%
Arthur J GallagherAJG	ITOT +0.02 points	0.10%	0.08%
Regeneron PharmaceuticalsREGN	ITOT +0.02 points	0.12%	0.10%
Union PacificUNP	ITOT +0.02 points	0.24%	0.22%
SnowflakeSNOW	VTHR +0.03 points	0.13%	0.15%
ConocophillipsCOP	ITOT +0.02 points	0.23%	0.21%
Airbnb Class AABNB	ITOT +0.02 points	0.11%	0.09%
Aon PLC Class AAON	ITOT +0.02 points	0.10%	0.08%
CoherentCOHR	VTHR +0.02 points	0.05%	0.07%
Hilton Worldwide HoldingsHLT	ITOT +0.02 points	0.12%	0.10%
Lockheed MartinLMT	ITOT +0.02 points	0.16%	0.14%

All 2,435 ITOT holdings⁠All 2,984 VTHR holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

ITOT vs VTHR Cost

Overpaying VTHR vs ITOT

$632

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

ITOT 0.03%
$638
VTHR 0.06%
$1,270

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

ITOT 0.03%
VTHR 0.06%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	ITOT	VTHR	Overpaying
10	$55	$110	$55
20	$216	$432	$216
30	$638	$1,270	$632

Expense ratio

0.03%ITOT, cheaper
0.06%VTHR

ITOT0.03%VTHR0.06%

0.02%0.25%

Middle half of Total US Market funds
Median 0.04%

ITOT 2nd cheapest of 10 funds

VTHR 6th cheapest of 10 funds

ITOT vs VTHR Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): ITOT 1.02%; VTHR 1.04%, better
Payout (12M): ITOT $1.69; VTHR $3.47
Last payment: ITOT $0.45; VTHR $0.88
Ex-dividend: ITOT Sep 15, 2026; VTHR Sep 23, 2026
Paid on: ITOT Sep 18, 2026; VTHR Sep 25, 2026
Frequency: ITOT Quarterly; VTHR Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

ITOTQuarterly · 40 paymentsAll ITOT payments⁠

VTHRQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VTHR payments⁠

ITOT vs VTHR Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

ITOT
VTHR

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: ITOT 12.7%VTHR 12.6%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: ITOT 1.36VTHR 1.37, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: ITOT −25.4%VTHR −25.1%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: ITOT 1.02VTHR 1.02; Market = 1

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ITOT vs VTHR

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How ITOT and VTHR differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in ITOT

Only in VTHR

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

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How ITOT and VTHR differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in ITOT

Only in VTHR

Weight gaps