Which returned more over the last year, BOND or URTH?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −0.1% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BOND or URTH?

BOND charges 0.54% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so URTH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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BOND vs URTH: how they differ

BOND and URTH hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and URTH returned more over the year.

PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund and iShares MSCI World ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BOND and URTH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BOND	Only in URTH
UMBS, TBA 4.80%	NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.64%
PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active 3.52%	APPLE INC. 5.04%
UMBS, TBA 2.98%	MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.50%
United States Treasury 2.93%	AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86%
UMBS, TBA 2.36%	ALPHABET INC. 2.43%
United States Treasury 2.22%	BROADCOM INC. 2.21%
UMBS, TBA 2.19%	ALPHABET INC. 2.01%
UMBS, TBA 1.96%	META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.51%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

BOND and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund	URTH iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	PIMCO	iShares
What it is	Active Bond Exchange-Traded	MSCI World
Total return, 1 year	−0.1%	+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−17.6 pts	−0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.24%
Holdings	1565	1322

BOND in plain words

BOND is a bond fund tracking the Active Bond Exchange-Traded. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −0.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. It sat 3.3% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

URTH in plain words

URTH is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI World. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 70% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1322 positions, with the top ten at 27.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or URTH?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −0.1% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BOND or URTH?: BOND charges 0.54% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so URTH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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