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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PULS returned +4.2% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, PULS or URTH?

PULS charges 0.15% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so PULS 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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PULS vs URTH: how they differ

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

PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF and iShares MSCI World ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PULS 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 PULS	Only in URTH
PGIM ETF Trust 2.38%	NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.64%
GLENCORE FUNDING LLC 0.98%	APPLE INC. 5.04%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 0.87%	MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.50%
ABN AMRO BANK NV 0.75%	AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86%
BX TRUST 2022-LBA6 0.68%	ALPHABET INC. 2.43%
FEDERATION DES CAISSES DESJARDINS DU QUE 0.67%	BROADCOM INC. 2.21%
BX TRUST 2018-BILT 0.56%	ALPHABET INC. 2.01%
BROADCOM INC 0.56%	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 29, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

PULS and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	PULS PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF	URTH iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	PGIM	iShares
What it is	PGIM Ultra Short Bond	MSCI World
Total return, 1 year	+4.2%	+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−13.3 pts	−0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.24%
Holdings	553	1322

PULS in plain words

PULS is a cash and treasury bills tracking the PGIM Ultra Short Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +4.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% 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, PULS or URTH?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PULS returned +4.2% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, PULS or URTH?: PULS charges 0.15% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so PULS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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