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ITOT vs. SPYD

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

ITOT
$
Today’s Change
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vs

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

SPYD
$
Today’s Change
()

Correlation

1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max

Performance Measures**

for the time period Jan 23, 2004 to Dec 16, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

ITOT

2.4%

3.0%

SPYD

2.9%

-0.1%

Diff.

-0.5%

+3.1%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

ITOT

-55.2%

18.8%

SPYD

-46.4%

19.9%

Diff.

-8.8%

-1.1%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

ITOT

0.62

0.19

SPYD

0.51

0.18

Diff.

+0.11

+0.01

ITOTiShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
SPYDSPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

What is ITOT?

The iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF seeks to track the investment results of S&P Total Market Index.The S&P Total Market Index (TMI) is designed to track the broad equity market, including large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks. The index includes all common equities listed on the NYSE (including NYSE Arca and NYSE MKT), the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, and the NASDAQ Capital Market. The S&P 500 and the S&P Completion Index are subsets of the S&P TMI.

Snapshot
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ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
SPYD SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF
Inception date
Jan 20, 2004
Oct 21, 2015
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.07%
ITOT has a lower expense ratio than SPYD by 0.04%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in ITOT than SPYD.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
ITOT targets investing in US Equities, while SPYD targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Blackrock (iShares)
State Street (SPDR)
ITOT is managed by Blackrock (iShares), while SPYD is managed by State Street (SPDR).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$92,311,586
$31,341,265
Both ITOT and SPYD are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$43,679,376,151
$6,188,814,848
ITOT has more assets under management than SPYD by $37,490,561,303. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
S&P Total Market Index
S&P 500 High Dividend Index
ITOT is based off of the S&P Total Market Index, while SPYD is based off of the S&P 500 High Dividend Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither ITOT nor SPYD use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
ITOT and SPYD both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
Yes
SPYD may offer dividends, while ITOT does not. The frequency and yield of the dividend for SPYD may vary.
Prospectus
Neither ITOT nor SPYD require a K1.

Trading Strategies
Related toITOT

AS Domestic

Category

Tactical trend-following, multi-asset ETFs, leveraged/inverse, volatility-aware, inflation-aware, regime-switching

OOS Cumulative Return

3.86%

Trading Strategies
Related toSPYD

Dividend ETFs

Category

Dividend income, equity factors, multi-ETF, buy-and-hold, global equities, value tilt, low-volatility tilt

OOS Cumulative Return

28.56%

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Disclaimers

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