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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMB returned +2.8% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, EMB or URTH?

EMB charges 0.39% 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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EMB vs URTH: how they differ

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

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF and iShares MSCI World ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMB 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 EMB	Only in URTH
Argentina Republic Government Internatio 1.12%	NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.64%
Argentina Republic Government Internatio 0.73%	APPLE INC. 5.04%
Argentina Republic Government Internatio 0.64%	MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.50%
Argentina Republic Government Internatio 0.53%	AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86%
Uruguay Government International Bonds 0.52%	ALPHABET INC. 2.43%
EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.51%	BROADCOM INC. 2.21%
Republic of Poland Government Internatio 0.40%	ALPHABET INC. 2.01%
UKRAINE GOVERNMENT 0.38%	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 Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

EMB and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	EMB iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF	URTH iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond	MSCI World
Total return, 1 year	+2.8%	+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.7 pts	−0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.39%	0.24%
Holdings	681	1322

EMB in plain words

EMB is a bond fund tracking the J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year.

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, EMB or URTH?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMB returned +2.8% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, EMB or URTH?: EMB charges 0.39% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so URTH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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EMB against URTH, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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