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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, EDV or URTH?

EDV charges 0.05% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so EDV 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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EDV vs URTH: how they differ

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

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund and iShares MSCI World ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EDV 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 EDV	Only in URTH
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.82%	NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.64%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.76%	APPLE INC. 5.04%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.72%	MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.50%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.70%	AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.68%	ALPHABET INC. 2.43%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.65%	BROADCOM INC. 2.21%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.60%	ALPHABET INC. 2.01%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.57%	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 May 31, 2026.

EDV and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund	URTH iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	iShares
What it is	Extended Duration Treasury	MSCI World
Total return, 1 year	−10.8%	+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−28.3 pts	−0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.24%
Holdings	82	1322

EDV in plain words

EDV is a bond fund tracking the Extended Duration Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −10.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 57.3% below its high of Mar 9, 2020 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, EDV or URTH?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, EDV or URTH?: EDV charges 0.05% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so EDV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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