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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 XLP: how they differ

URTH and XLP hold 3% of their weight in the same names, and URTH returned more over the year.

iShares MSCI World ETF and State Street(R) Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, URTH and XLP hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions URTH and XLP both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingURTHXLP
WALMART INC.0.56%10.84%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION0.47%9.06%
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY0.37%7.46%
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY0.35%6.87%
Philip Morris International Inc.0.30%6.16%
Pepsico, Inc.0.22%4.34%
Altria Group, Inc.0.13%4.55%
Mondelez International, Inc.0.09%4.17%
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY0.08%4.71%
MONSTER BEVERAGE CORPORATION0.07%4.47%
TARGET CORPORATION0.06%3.87%
ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY.0.04%2.40%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in URTHOnly in XLP
NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.64%Bunge Global SA 0.94%
APPLE INC. 5.04%J M Smucker Co/The 0.78%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.50%Molson Coors Beverage Co 0.41%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86%Brown-Forman Corp 0.29%
ALPHABET INC. 2.43%
BROADCOM INC. 2.21%
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 XLP on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
URTH
iShares MSCI World ETF
XLP
State Street(R) Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesState Street
What it isMSCI WorldConsumer staples
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+6.3%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−0.1 pts−11.2 pts
Expense ratio0.24%0.08%
Already in the S&P 50070.3%100.0%
Holdings132234

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%.

XLP in plain words

XLP is an index equity fund tracking the Consumer staples. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +6.3% 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. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 34 positions, with the top ten at 62.6%. It sat 6.2% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, URTH or XLP?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, URTH returned +17.4% and XLP returned +6.3%, so URTH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, URTH or XLP?
URTH charges 0.24% a year and XLP charges 0.08%, so XLP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do URTH and XLP overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 70% of URTH and 100% of XLP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 3% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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