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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CRBN returned +15.7% and URTH +16.2%.

Which is cheaper, CRBN or URTH?

CRBN is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CRBN and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of CRBN and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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CRBN vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

CRBN and URTH hold 73% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.2bn for iShares Low Carbon Optimized MSCI ACWI ETF and $8.3bn for iShares MSCI World ETF.

CRBN costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; URTH is 6.9 times larger.

	CRBN	URTH
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.24%
Net assets	$1.2bn	$8.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+15.7%	+16.2%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	MSCI World Index
Holdings in common	73%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	25.9%	28.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+15.7%

CRBN total return, 1 year

+16.2%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.20%

CRBN expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CRBN and URTH hold 73% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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73% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CRBN URTH

NVIDIA 5.18% 5.75%

APPLE 4.92% 5.39%

MICROSOFT 3.61% 4.12%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.42% 2.77%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.10% 2.25%

BROADCOM INC 1.59% 1.78%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.54% 1.72%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.45% 1.77%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.17% 1.27%

TESLA INC 1.08% 1.19%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.00% 1.08%

ELI LILLY 0.91% 1.03%

Only in CRBN

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.94%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 0.89%

SK HYNIX 0.71%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.34%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.23%

MEDIATEK 0.21%

SOUTHERN COPPER CORP 0.18%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.15%

Only in URTH

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.76%

CHEVRON 0.43%

SHELL 0.32%

GE VERNOVA 0.29%

RTX 0.27%

SANDISK 0.25%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.24%

TOTALENERGIES 0.19%

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On the same fields

CRBN

iShares Low Carbon Optimized MSCI ACWI ETF

URTH

iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +15.7% +16.2%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −1.6 pts −1.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 60.8% 70.0%

Holdings 1059 1255

Net assets $1.2bn $8.3bn

CRBN and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CRBN in plain words

CRBN tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,059 positions, with the top ten at 25.9%.

URTH in plain words

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 70% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,255 positions, with the top ten at 28.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CRBN or URTH?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CRBN returned +15.7% and URTH +16.2%.
Which is cheaper, CRBN or URTH?: CRBN is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CRBN and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of CRBN and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CRBN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CRBN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for CRBN ↗URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for URTH ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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