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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 VTV: how they differ

URTH and VTV hold 30% of their weight in the same names, and VTV returned more over the year.

iShares MSCI World ETF and Vanguard Value Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and VTV hold 30% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions URTH and VTV both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingURTHVTV
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.1.20%4.89%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.0.90%3.07%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.0.72%2.96%
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION0.67%2.13%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON0.60%2.30%
INTEL CORPORATION0.57%1.05%
WALMART INC.0.56%1.87%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.0.52%1.57%
CATERPILLAR INC.0.45%1.84%
ABBVIE INC.0.42%1.67%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION0.39%1.37%
CHEVRON CORPORATION0.38%1.18%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in URTHOnly in VTV
NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.64%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.52%
APPLE INC. 5.04%Honeywell International Inc 0.27%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.50%Honeywell Aerospace Inc 0.26%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86%Southwest Airlines Co 0.09%
ALPHABET INC. 2.43%Medline Inc 0.06%
BROADCOM INC. 2.21%Lennar Corp 0.00%
ALPHABET INC. 2.01%
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.

URTH and VTV on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
URTH
iShares MSCI World ETF
VTV
Vanguard Value Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it isMSCI WorldUS value
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+22.9%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−0.1 pts+5.4 pts
Expense ratio0.24%0.03%
Already in the S&P 50070.3%98.6%
Holdings1322308

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%.

VTV in plain words

VTV is an index equity fund tracking the US value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 308 positions, with the top ten at 23.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VTV?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +17.4% and VTV returned +22.9%, so VTV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VTV?
URTH charges 0.24% a year and VTV charges 0.03%, so VTV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do URTH and VTV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 70% of URTH and 99% of VTV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 30% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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URTH against VTV, 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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