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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +17.4% and VUSB returned +3.7%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, URTH or VUSB?

URTH charges 0.24% a year and VUSB charges 0.10%, so VUSB 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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URTH vs VUSB: how they differ

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

iShares MSCI World ETF and Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and VUSB 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 URTH	Only in VUSB
NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.64%	United States Treasury Bill 4.24%
APPLE INC. 5.04%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.68%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.50%	PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The 0.59%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.53%
ALPHABET INC. 2.43%	Regions Bank/Birmingham AL 0.52%
BROADCOM INC. 2.21%	US Bancorp 0.51%
ALPHABET INC. 2.01%	Charles Schwab Corp/The 0.50%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.51%	Truist Bank 0.45%

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 VUSB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	URTH iShares MSCI World ETF	VUSB Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	MSCI World	Ultra-Short Bond
Total return, 1 year	+17.4%	+3.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−0.1 pts	−13.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.10%
Holdings	1322	1281

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%.

VUSB in plain words

VUSB is a cash and treasury bills tracking the Ultra-Short Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or VUSB?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +17.4% and VUSB returned +3.7%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, URTH or VUSB?: URTH charges 0.24% a year and VUSB charges 0.10%, so VUSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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URTH against VUSB, 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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