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ITOT vs. VT

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

ITOT
$
Today’s Change
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vs

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

VT
$
Today’s Change
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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%

VT

2.2%

2.8%

Diff.

+0.2%

+0.2%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

ITOT

-55.2%

18.8%

VT

-50.3%

20.7%

Diff.

-4.9%

-1.9%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

ITOT

0.62

0.19

VT

0.49

0.17

Diff.

+0.13

+0.02

ITOTiShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
VTVanguard Total World Stock 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
VT Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
Inception date
Jan 20, 2004
Jun 24, 2008
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.07%
ITOT has a lower expense ratio than VT by 0.04%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in ITOT than VT.
Type
US Equities
Global Equities
ITOT targets investing in US Equities, while VT targets investing in Global Equities.
Fund owner
Blackrock (iShares)
Vanguard
ITOT is managed by Blackrock (iShares), while VT is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$92,311,586
$138,228,150
Both ITOT and VT 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
$28,426,068,465
ITOT has more assets under management than VT by $15,253,307,686. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
S&P Total Market Index
FTSE Global All Cap Index
ITOT is based off of the S&P Total Market Index, while VT is based off of the FTSE Global All Cap Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither ITOT nor VT use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
ITOT and VT 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
No
ITOT and VT may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither ITOT nor VT 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

3.31%

Trading Strategies
Related toVT

Steph combo 2

Category

Tactical asset allocation, Momentum, Trend-following, Leveraged ETFs, Volatility hedging, US large-cap tech, Semiconductors, Treasuries, Global equities

OOS Cumulative Return

91.18%

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Disclaimers

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