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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYD returned +12.9% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, SPYD or URTH?

SPYD charges 0.07% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so SPYD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do SPYD and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPYD and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 4% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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

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SPYD vs URTH: how they differ

SPYD and URTH hold 4% of their weight in the same names, and URTH returned more over the year.

State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) High Dividend ETF and iShares MSCI World ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPYD and URTH hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions SPYD and URTH both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	SPYD	URTH
Chevron Corp	1.20%	0.38%
Verizon Communications Inc	1.30%	0.22%
PepsiCo Inc	1.11%	0.22%
AT&T Inc	1.06%	0.19%
Pfizer Inc	1.12%	0.16%
Altria Group Inc	1.42%	0.13%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co	1.27%	0.13%
CVS Health Corp	1.53%	0.13%
Duke Energy Corp	1.28%	0.10%
Comcast Corp	1.02%	0.10%
American Tower Corp	1.10%	0.10%
US Bancorp	1.31%	0.09%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SPYD	Only in URTH
Franklin Resources Inc 1.57%	NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.64%
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc 1.53%	APPLE INC. 5.04%
APA Corp 1.48%	MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.50%
Viatris Inc 1.46%	AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86%
Federal Realty Investment Trust 1.45%	ALPHABET INC. 2.43%
Skyworks Solutions Inc 1.39%	BROADCOM INC. 2.21%
Pinnacle West Capital Corp 1.38%	ALPHABET INC. 2.01%
Stanley Black & Decker Inc 1.35%	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 Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

SPYD and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SPYD State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) High Dividend ETF	URTH iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	iShares
What it is	SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend	MSCI World
Total return, 1 year	+12.9%	+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−4.6 pts	−0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.24%
Already in the S&P 500	100.0%	70.3%
Holdings	78	1322

SPYD in plain words

SPYD is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +12.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 78 positions, with the top ten at 15.1%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

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, SPYD or URTH?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYD returned +12.9% and URTH returned +17.4%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SPYD or URTH?: SPYD charges 0.07% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so SPYD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPYD and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPYD and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 4% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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