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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 XBI: how they differ

URTH and XBI hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and XBI returned more over the year.

iShares MSCI World ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Biotech ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and XBI hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions URTH and XBI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingURTHXBI
ABBVIE INC.0.42%1.04%
AMGEN INC.0.20%1.00%
GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.0.18%0.97%
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED0.13%1.06%
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.0.07%0.96%
ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.0.04%0.96%
BIOGEN INC.0.03%1.03%
NATERA, INC.0.03%1.17%
REVOLUTION MEDICINES, INC.0.03%1.21%
UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION0.03%0.93%
INSMED INCORPORATED0.03%1.08%
INCYTE CORPORATION0.02%1.00%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in URTHOnly in XBI
NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.64%Apogee Therapeutics Inc 1.49%
APPLE INC. 5.04%Moderna Inc 1.41%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.50%Twist Bioscience Corp 1.41%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86%Oruka Therapeutics Inc 1.38%
ALPHABET INC. 2.43%Kymera Therapeutics Inc 1.36%
BROADCOM INC. 2.21%Viking Therapeutics Inc 1.31%
ALPHABET INC. 2.01%Praxis Precision Medicines Inc 1.29%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.51%Erasca Inc 1.27%

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 XBI on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
URTH
iShares MSCI World ETF
XBI
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Biotech ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesState Street
What it isMSCI WorldSPDR S&P Biotech
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+64.0%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−0.1 pts+46.5 pts
Expense ratio0.24%0.35%
Already in the S&P 50070.3%8.5%
Holdings1322150

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%.

XBI in plain words

XBI is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR S&P Biotech. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +64.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 8% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 150 positions, with the top ten at 13.3%. It sat 9.6% below its high of Feb 8, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or XBI?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +17.4% and XBI returned +64.0%, so XBI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, URTH or XBI?
URTH charges 0.24% a year and XBI charges 0.35%, so URTH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do URTH and XBI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 70% of URTH and 8% of XBI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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