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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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IUSB vs URTH: how they differ

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

iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF and iShares MSCI World ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IUSB 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 IUSBOnly in URTH
United States of America 0.38%NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.64%
United States of America 0.37%APPLE INC. 5.04%
United States of America 0.37%MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.50%
United States of America 0.37%AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86%
United States of America 0.36%ALPHABET INC. 2.43%
United States of America 0.36%BROADCOM INC. 2.21%
United States of America 0.36%ALPHABET INC. 2.01%
United States of America 0.35%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.

IUSB and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IUSB
iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF
URTH
iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesiShares
What it isCore Universal USD BondMSCI World
Total return, 1 year−0.3%+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−17.8 pts−0.1 pts
Expense ratio0.06%0.24%
Holdings178191322

IUSB in plain words

IUSB is a bond fund tracking the Core Universal USD Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −0.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% 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, IUSB or URTH?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IUSB returned −0.3% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IUSB or URTH?
IUSB charges 0.06% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so IUSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IUSB 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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