Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
SPHQ vs URTH: how they differ
SPHQ and URTH hold 14% of their weight in the same names.
Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF and iShares MSCI World ETF.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, SPHQ and URTH hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | SPHQ | URTH |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 4.51% | 5.04% |
| Visa Inc. | 4.69% | 0.60% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 3.54% | 0.52% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. | 4.82% | 0.47% |
| Mastercard Inc. | 4.32% | 0.46% |
| Caterpillar Inc. | 3.78% | 0.45% |
| Lam Research Corp. | 4.10% | 0.44% |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 2.80% | 0.39% |
| General Electric Co. | 4.16% | 0.38% |
| Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 3.46% | 0.37% |
| Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 3.34% | 0.35% |
| Merck & Co., Inc. | 2.87% | 0.32% |
| Only in SPHQ | Only in URTH |
|---|---|
| Ralph Lauren Corp. 0.15% | NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.64% |
| Generac Holdings Inc. 0.13% | MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.50% |
| Revvity, Inc. 0.11% | AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86% |
| Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 0.10% | ALPHABET INC. 2.43% |
| Bio-Techne Corp. 0.09% | BROADCOM INC. 2.21% |
| FactSet Research Systems Inc. 0.08% | ALPHABET INC. 2.01% |
| Pool Corp. 0.08% | META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.51% |
| TESLA, INC. 1.35% |
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.
| SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF | URTH iShares MSCI World ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | Invesco | iShares |
| What it is | S&P 500 Quality | MSCI World |
| Total return, 1 year | +17.4% | +17.4% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −0.1 pts | −0.1 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.15% | 0.24% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 99.9% | 70.3% |
| Holdings | 99 | 1322 |
SPHQ in plain words
SPHQ is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 Quality. 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 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 99 positions, with the top ten at 40.7%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.
URTH in plain words
URTH is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI World. 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, SPHQ or URTH?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPHQ returned +17.4% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, SPHQ or URTH?
- SPHQ charges 0.15% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so SPHQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do SPHQ and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPHQ and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 14% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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