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

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IGSB vs URTH: how they differ

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

iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF and iShares MSCI World ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IGSB 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 IGSBOnly in URTH
EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.31%NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.64%
T-MOBILE USA INC 0.18%APPLE INC. 5.04%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.16%MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.50%
ABBVIE INC 0.14%AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86%
AMAZON.COM INC 0.13%ALPHABET INC. 2.43%
CVS HEALTH CORP 0.13%BROADCOM INC. 2.21%
BOEING CO 0.12%ALPHABET INC. 2.01%
MARS INC 0.12%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.

IGSB and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IGSB
iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
URTH
iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesiShares
What it is1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate BondMSCI World
Total return, 1 year+1.7%+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−15.8 pts−0.1 pts
Expense ratio0.04%0.24%
Holdings46061322

IGSB in plain words

IGSB is a bond fund tracking the 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% 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, IGSB or URTH?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGSB returned +1.7% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IGSB or URTH?
IGSB charges 0.04% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so IGSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IGSB 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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