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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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URTH vs USHY: how they differ

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

iShares MSCI World ETF and iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and USHY 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 URTHOnly in USHY
NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.64%1261229 BC LTD 0.48%
APPLE INC. 5.04%ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.50%QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86%SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%
ALPHABET INC. 2.43%CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%
BROADCOM INC. 2.21%WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%
ALPHABET INC. 2.01%ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.51%HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.26%

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.

URTH and USHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
URTH
iShares MSCI World ETF
USHY
iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesiShares
What it isMSCI WorldBroad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−0.1 pts−14.2 pts
Expense ratio0.24%0.08%
Holdings13221894

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%.

USHY in plain words

USHY is a bond fund tracking the Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or USHY?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +17.4% and USHY returned +3.3%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, URTH or USHY?
URTH charges 0.24% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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URTH against USHY, 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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